Re: pysam package

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 09:16:41AM +0100, Andreas Tille a écrit :
> 
> I forgot to mention explicitely that the metainformation on the right of
> 
>    http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/tasks/bio-dev#python-pysam
> 
> points to the Git reporistory were other members of the Debian Med team
> have done their work.
> 
>    http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debian-med/pysam.git

Dear Diane,

you are very welcome to take over the work on pysam; indeed, please
have a look at our draft package.  As indicated earlier in this thread,
there is code duplication between pysam and samtools, and this is the
reason why I never uploaded it to Debian.

This said, if the value of having pysam in Debian outweights the problems
of code duplication (and these are seen as "heavy" in the Debian world),
it is possible to upload the package and declare the code duplication:

  http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/secure-testing/data/embedded-code-copies

You are also welcome to contribute to our other packages !

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France