Re: debian python packages
[forwarding to debian-python]
using distutils out of the box seems to be difficult, because many
upstream packages are broken down in several binary packages and
because distutils out of the box only builds for one python
version. Not sure which package to look at for a start ...
Tom Hall writes:
> hi there, i am a uk maths student hoping to help the debian project with some
> python packages.
> i was thinking it would be cool if all the stuff listed in the Vaults Of
> Parnassus (www.vex.net/parnassus/ but i expect you will have seen it before)
> were in Debian. a lot of them are there allready (pygame do it themselves i
> think). apt-get install pygame fetching SDL etc was a great experience (i am
> fairly new to debian) and think evarything from the vault would be cool in
> the distro. we could even ask if they would list the debian package name on
> the parnassus site. the total number of packages is 1393 at the moment in the
> vault. how does this compare to debian? i personally could complete our
> sellection from the games and math sections there (totaling about 110
> packages, a lot of which are fairly static)
> how easy is it for you to rap the files into debian packages?
> can we / do you now leverage distutils for cross platform compatability and
> easy packaging
> i think (i hope i am not wrong) that with distutils the creation of the
> .deb's would be quite easy
> anyway i hope you can help me get started.
> Cheers
> Tom Hall
> pmyutwh@nottingham.ac.uk
> ps: this also went to Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: