Re: Backports: Django, web.py, Trac - anyone wants them?

[Toni Mueller <toni@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Mon, 21.09.2009 at 01:54:13 +0200, W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> wrote:
> for some reasons I need lenny backports of python-django,

I could make use of python-django 1.1 in Lenny. Until I have a
backport, I'll need to install it locally.

> Is someone interested in doing the backports? :~)

I briefly looked into backporting python-django, but failed. The
package in Squeeze uses some Python features that are not present in
Lenny. Off the top of my xterm (and not looking into the rules file
yet):

$ fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -us -i
...
Unmet build dependencies: debhelper (>= 7.0.50) python-sphinx


But I dimly recall that there are some changes deep in the Python core
(from 2.5.2 to 2.5.4) to prevent a simple package re-building from
working (ie, it would require a real porting effort).

While at it, I should probably sign up for b.d.o, too.


-- 
Kind regards,
--Toni++