Bug#639315: pypy had a package but removed due to #538858
Yes, but it's time to look at packaging this again. PyPy is quite
stable these days and is much faster than the default Python
implementation.
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Bekir Dogan <bekirdo@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been looking for pypy package and found that pypy has a package in the past:
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/pypy.html
>
> Then pypy package has been removed due to this bug, filed by last maintainer of the package:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538858
> From that bug report:
>> Please remove the 'pypy' package.
>>
>> One day we can look at packaging this again, but it's not helpful to
>> Debian in its current state - it is too premature to have in unstable
>> and has some issues that would be difficult to fix. Development is also
>> difficult due to the long build times and buildd specifications required.
>>
>> It has a very low popcon - anyone with a non-trivial interest in this
>> project would be using upstream's HEAD anyway.
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> Bekir Dogan
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