Bug#538853: ITP: scitools -- Python library for scientific computing

[Guillaume Pellerin <yomguy@altern.org>]

Johannes Ring wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> 
> Package name: scitools

You need to name your package as describe by the Debian Python Policy :
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-package_names

> Version: 0.6
> Upstream authors: Hans Petter Langtangen, Johannes H. Ring, Ilmar Wilbers,
> and Rolv E. Bredesen
> URL: http://scitools.googlecode.com/
> License: BSD
> Description: Python library for scientific computing
> 
> SciTools is a Python package containing lots of useful tools for
> scientific computing in Python. The package is built on top of other
> widely used packages such as NumPy, SciPy, ScientificPython, Gnuplot, etc.
> 

You should also be careful to not include some modules that have been already
package in Debian, but make it dependent on them...

Cheers,
Guillaume