On Sat, 2007-09-15 at 19:08 +0200, Ondrej Certik wrote: > > The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: > > - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/pyxplot > > - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free > > - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/pyxplot/pyxplot_0.6.3.1-2.dsc > > This link doesn't work, but this does: > > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/pyxplot/pyxplot_0.6.3.1+ds-1.dsc Oh, sorry... this is because I re-used my last message about pyxplot as a template. ;) > I am not a DD, so I cannot sponsor, but just some remarks (but a > sponsor can have a different demands): > > * the package looks good, it is lintian/linda clean and builds in cowbuilder > * Why not to join the PAPT team and let it maintain as part of it? > > http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonAppsPackagingTeam Sounds nice, but I want to keep using git rather than subversion. :( > * I think you need to state in debian/copyright how exactly you > obtained the orig.tar.gz, the way I do it, is that I create > "get-orig-tarball" rule in debian/rules and this will download the > upstream tarball, unpack it, delete non-free stuff, and pack it again, > see for example the "abinit" package in unstable Good idea, I will note this in the copyright file. > * the version should be 0.6.3.1.dfsg-1 instead of 0.6.3.1+ds-1 Well, I'm not repackaging the tarball to make it DFSG-free; merely to remove the un-needed copy of PyX that upstream ships (to make it easier for end users to install PyXPlot). I chose 'ds' to stand for 'Debian Source' as I've seen other packages do it. > * just curious - why is the python-scipy build dependency needed? PyXPlot is run during build time to generate the graphs that end up in the documentation and examples. > Ondrej -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078
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