[PKG-Openstack-devel] Bug#799679: Bug#799679: python-pbr: Unneeded build-depends on python*-dev packages

[Scott Kitterman]

On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 03:55:46 PM Thomas Goirand wrote:
> On 09/21/2015 03:32 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > Source: python-pbr
> > Version: 0.11.0-1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > The package build-deps on both python{3}-all and python{3}-all-dev.  Since
> > the package only has arch all content, the -dev build-deps are redundant
> > and unneeded.  In particular, the python3-all-dev build-dep makes the
> > package appear on the list of packages possibly needing rebuild for the
> > python3.5 transition [1], which it does not.
> > 
> > Please address this soon as we are hoping to start the transition in the
> > near future and the less confusion we have to sort out the better.
> > 
> > Scott K
> > 
> > [1] https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/python3.5.html
> 
> Scott,
> 
> The dependency on python{3,}-all-dev is *not* a mistake, the package
> really needs the Python.h to be able to build.
> 
> I did upload pbr 1.8.0-1 to Experimental, to find out about my mistake
> later on (after my Jenkins built it in a clean sbuild chroot), so I
> reverted. Build log is available here:
> https://liberty-jessie.pkgs.mirantis.com/job/python-pbr/15/console

Thanks.  It hadn't occurred to me to check if it was needed for build time 
tests.

Scott K