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Subject: The =?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=98python2-variant=E2=80=99?= property
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Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:

> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 09:37:31PM +0200, David Craven wrote:
>> the properties delay thing is missing, dunno if it's important
>
> the properties delay is needed when the python2 variant

More generally, it is needed whenever the python2 variant of the
package is more than just a translation of the python3 variant.

For instance, compared to python-lockfile, python2-lockfile has an
additional dependency on python2-setuptools.  The =E2=80=98python2-variant=
=E2=80=99
property allows us explicitly state the relationship between these two
packages.

HTH,
Ludo=E2=80=99.