On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:27:41AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > Alexandre Fayolle a écrit : > >Hi, > > Hi! > > >I need to get matplotlib in Debian for some application at work, and I'm > >willing to sponsor one of the packages announced on the bugreport, as > >I'd hate to duplicate some work. Are there any opinions about which > >version is more suitable for upload? I've been using Vittorio's package > >for some time and it works fine. > > Well I think the Vittorio's package is the most suitable to upload, at > least that was my conclusion last time I checked. However there is some > problems to solve: > - I am not able to build the package on two of my computers, I am not > sure if it is a problem of the package or a problem on my side. > - The package needs an internet connection to be build (actually to > download the documentation), this violate the policy. > - The package does not include the sources of the documentation (a .pdf > file), so this it could only go to non-free. Thanks for the quick and detailed answer. > > > >This ITP has been running for far too long with no upload. > > I agree. I think a package could be uploaded very soon, if the build > problem is solved. About the documentation, I suggest to simply remove > it until a solution is found. I'll try to look into this over the next week end. Removing the documentation and pointing people in the README.Debian to the web site seems a good compromise to me in order to get the package in the archive rapidly. -- Alexandre Fayolle LOGILAB, Paris (France). http://www.logilab.com http://www.logilab.fr http://www.logilab.org
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