[Distutils] stdeb-0.3 error

[Andrew Straw]

Gerry Reno wrote:
> Andrew Straw wrote:
>> Gerry Reno wrote:
>>  
>>> It's going to be tough to get stdeb running on Ubuntu 8.0.4 LTS.
>>>     
>> Well, I'd qualify that with stdeb version 0.4 may be more tough to get
>> running. It is the bleeding edge, after all. :) 0.3 works as well as it
>> ever did, but new features are going into 0.4.
>>
>> But now that you mention it, I have backported debhelper and
>> python-support to Hardy. See http://debs.astraw.com/hardy you can
>> download the binaries or source packages from there. (You can also add
>> my repo to your /etc/apt/sources.list)
>>   
> Wow, there's quite a few packages there.  Is debhelper and
> python-support all that are needed or do I need any others because of
> dependencies?
I can't remember -- you'll have to attempt installation to find out. I
think there are some but not too many dependencies that need to be
upgraded (I guess on the order of 5 packages or so).

-Andrew