dbus-python (0.83.0-r1 and 0.81.1) currently both have an RDEPEND on pyrex. There are three problems with this dependency: - pyrex is a preprocessor generating c code from .pyx code at build time. It should almost never be used as an RDEPEND: the generated c code does not depend on pyrex anymore, just on python. If necessary at all it is just a DEPEND. - Upstream usually includes the c source generated by a known-compatible version of pyrex in their dist tarball. So even an RDEPEND on pyrex is usually only necessary if the .pyx source is patched from the ebuild. - The tarball does not actually contain any .pyx source anymore: this was removed in 0.80.0 (24 January 2007). The only remaining references to pyrex are in the NEWS and ChangeLog file. Based on the above I believe this dependency could very safely be removed :)
> - The tarball does not actually contain any .pyx source anymore: this was > removed in 0.80.0 (24 January 2007). The only remaining references to pyrex are > in the NEWS and ChangeLog file. this argument alone was just fine :)
+ 08 Mar 2010; Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@gentoo.org> + dbus-python-0.83.0-r1.ebuild, dbus-python-0.83.1.ebuild: + pyrex is unnecessary, bug #308503. + Thanks for reporting.
Please consider increasing revision number if you make any changes. I'm just effected by this change as I maintain a server that provides binary packages. The binpkg for pyrex was removed as nothing depends on it but the binpkg for dbus-python wasn't rebuild as the revision didn't change. Now I wanted to install this binpkg but can't as there is this missing dependency.
That's unfortunate but dependency changes like this don't warrant a version bump.
