Bug#933070: Bug#933190: ITP: ptvsd -- Python debugger package for use with Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code

[Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>]

On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 09:18:36AM -0300, William Grzybowski wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: William Grzybowski <william@grzy.org>
> 
> * Package name    : ptvsd
>   Version         : 4.3.0
> [...]

> * Package name    : pydevd
>   Version         : 1.6.1

> The Python Visual Studio Debugger engine implements the Visual Studio Code
> debug protocol and is used as the debug engine in Visual Studio and Visual
> Studio Code.
> 
> I use it myself and plan maintaining it within DPMT.

Hi William,

I see you made a start on packaging this pair of packages about 2.5
years ago.  It turns out they are also expected by Spyder, which I am
now maintaining.  Are you planning on continuing this work, or would
you be happy for me to take over from you, picking up on your initial
packaging work?  I'd ideally like to have them uploaded to NEW within
the next 3-4 weeks, and if I don't hear from you, I'll go ahead and
work on it myself.  (The two packages do seem a bit challenging
because of the vendoring of third-party packages in both!)

Also, ptvsd was renamed as "debugpy" in January 2020, so I would
rename the salsa repository to debugpy.

Best wishes,

   Julian