David Paleino wrote:
> Il giorno Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:20:09 +0200
> Thomas Jollans <thomas@jollans.com> ha scritto:
>
>> Dear mentors,
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
>> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.61.2-1
>> of the package "python-syck". It was previously built from the "syck"
>> source package which I am taking over from Robert Jordens (see my
>> other mail)
>>
>> Robert had suggested to name the package 'python-pysyck' to avoid a
>> transition in syck. I decided not to do this after seeking advice on
>> the debian-python list since it conflicts with the debian python
>> policy.
>
> I'm not a DD, so take this comment "cum grano salis".
>
> Why are you building python-syck as a separate package? Why not
> editing debian/control in the syck package you RFSed a second ago? I
> think it would be much more cleaner having syck providing python-syck,
> php5-syck and libsyck, instead of having multiple source packages.
the old python-syck package contained the "syck" python package as
contained in the libsyck source. This python-syck package contains the
"syck" python package of the seperate PySyck project. PySyck is
compatible, but technically better, and apparently more popular.
--
Regards, Thomas Jollans
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