Bug#719063: lsb-release: should support python3

Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <[email protected]> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:42:01 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.lsb
Organization	Debian - The Universal OS
Message-ID	<31293533.PmglV8TSz7__20534.3787944459$1439394333$gmane$org@gyllingar>

Le mercredi, 12 août 2015, 08.33:56 Dan Kegel a écrit :
> This begs the question - why does lsb_release require python?  I had
> to strip it out of an embedded system because of that dependency.

It just happens to be written in this language, and it is a modestly 
complex piece of software, that has to cope with various situations.

That said, it should really only be useful for non-packaged software, as 
packaged software should really check for capabilities rather than 
against a distro though.

I'd really not spend too much energy on this package, but if anyone is 
motivated enough to rewrite lsb_release in another language, my all 
means go ahead (also commit+upload directly :-P ).

Cheers,
OdyX

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