Request to publish subversion packages after self-review

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Mon Jun 21 13:06:00 GMT 2004


Ricardo Varela [phobeo] wrote:
> hallo, Max,
>
> In my case it fails on "prep" step with the message:
> Python check failed, make sure python is installed and on the PATH
> (but you hadn't python listed in the "required" section on setup.hint)

The requires: lines in setup.hint list *run-time* dependencies.
Python is a *build-time* dependency. Therefore it is not listed in a requires: line. (But is listed in the package's Cygwin README
file.

Max.



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