Re: RFS: pyresample and pykdtree (was PtTroll)
Hi Antonio,
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 08:09:08AM +0200, Antonio Valentino wrote:
> > I checked this and I can confirm that the package builds lintian clean.
> > Please use debhelper compatibility level 9 (instead of 8). I also
> > wonder whether you could provide an autopkgtest as in pykdtree.
>
> Uhm, currently no autopkgtest script is provided for pyresample because
> the package does not installs the test suite by default.
> The test folder in the source archive is outside the pyresample package
> folder and it includes about 28M of data files.
>
> I guess the best option is to provide a separate python-pyresample-test
> package but I have do investigate a little bit the problem.
> Hints are very welcome.
Either python-pyresample-test or python-pyresample-examples since the
tests could most probably also be uased as examples for programmers.
And yes, I personally gave done similar things in the past since I think
testing is of high importance and 28MB os not too much for this purpose
these days. (Other opinions welcome for sure.)
> > I wonder in what Debian GIS task the package python-pykdtree might
> > fit. For me it rather looks like some generig prerequisite for
> > other tools - but I'm not a GIS expert. I guess it could fit into
> > some Debian Science tasks[2]. I'd be happy about hints where it
> > can be put.
>
> Yes It is an optional package for pyresample itself, it is used to
> accelerate spatial queries.
> Probably I should add a Recommends field in the control file pyresample.
Yes, please add this Recommends.
> IMO pykdtree can be included both in science and remotesensing tasks.
Which science task(s) would you consider reasonable?
> > No, Debian GIS Git is perfectly fine. What I would require to let me
> > sponsor the package is a line at the Sponsoring of Blends wiki page[3].
> > My motivation to require this is to make the Blends concept more
> > popular. Please feel free to ask if you have some questions about this.
>
> OK, I will do it ASAP
>
>
> thanks Andreas
You are welcome
Andreas.
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