> Other than that, the packaging looks fine to me. You should file a RFS bug (upload your package to https://mentors.debian.net and use the RFS template) and also type "!rfs datasette" in #debian-python on IRC which adds your package to the RFS queue so that a potential sponsor can stumble across your package and sponsor it if they wish to.Thank you for the guidance!Mentors URL - https://mentors.debian.net/package/datasette/RSF bug - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1120933And I did `!rfs datasette` in #debian-python to add it to the RFS queue in the channel topic.On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM Aryan Karamtoth <spaciouscoder78@disroot.org> wrote:
On 17-11-2025 19:45, Mahangu Weerasinghe wrote:
I've had a look at the files (didn't run any tests).I've pushed my work to Salsa - https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/datasette
The package builds successfully with gbp and lintian passes.
Could I please request a sponsor to provide feedback and potentially upload this package? ITP here - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1120835
in d/changelog, since this is a NEW package, only the notes about Initial Release that closes the bug should suffice.
Other than that, the packaging looks fine to me. You should file a RFS bug (upload your package to https://mentors.debian.net and use the RFS template) and also type "!rfs datasette" in #debian-python on IRC which adds your package to the RFS queue so that a potential sponsor can stumble across your package and sponsor it if they wish to.
Thank you!
Best,
Mahangu
On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM Mahangu Weerasinghe <mahangu@gmail.com> wrote:
Noted, thank you! I filed an ITP bug for this package here - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1120835
On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM Aryan Karamtoth <spaciouscoder78@disroot.org> wrote:
On 17-11-2025 06:11, Mahangu Weerasinghe wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I'm considering packaging datasette -
> https://github.com/simonw/datasette - for Debian. It's a Python tool
> for exploring and publishing data as an interactive website.
>
> datasette runs as a server, making it well-suited for apt installation.
>
> All dependencies are already in Debian and I've built and installed
> the package locally.
>
> Would this be appropriate for Python Team maintenance? Any objections
> or suggestions before I create the Salsa repository? Thank you!
>
> Best,
> Mahangu
I don't see the need for asking this as this is a python package and the
team is meant for maintaining just for these kind of packages.
If you're already in the Salsa team, you can proceed with the repository
and packaging. No need to ask for the permission explicitly as you were
already given maintainer access just for that.
That said, if you feel that this package is worth being packaged into
Debian and will be actually useful to the users or devs, sure you can go
with that if you feel its fit.
You can file a ITP bug and cc it to the debian-devel mailing list to let
others know that you're packaging it.
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