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

["Johannes Ring" <johannr@simula.no>]

Hi Guillaume,

On Tue, July 28, 2009 16:47, Guillaume Pellerin wrote:
> 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

Yes, the package is already named python-scitools. I guess I just thought
that the 'Package name' field should contain the name of the source
package and not the name of the binary package.

>> 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...

Yes, of course. SciTools does not include any of these packages, its only
dependencies.

Thanks for your comments,

Johannes