Bug#933070: Bug#933190: ITP: ptvsd -- Python debugger package for use with Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code

[Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>]

Hi William,

Thanks for your super-quick response!  And I reread my initial email -
I'm sorry I didn't sound more positive about your initial packaging
work, which I really appreciated!

Best wishes,

   Julian

On Thu, Feb 03, 2022 at 06:24:17AM -0300, William Grzybowski wrote:
> Hello,
> You can take it over. Thank you.
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 03:39 Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> wrote:
> 
>   On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 09:18:36AM -0300, William Grzybowski wrote:
>   > Package: wnpp
>   > Severity: wishlist
>   > Owner: William Grzybowski <william@grzy.org>
>   >
>   > * Package name    : ptvsd
>   >   Version         : 4.3.0
>   > [...]
> 
>   > * Package name    : pydevd
>   >   Version         : 1.6.1
> 
>   > The Python Visual Studio Debugger engine implements the Visual Studio Code
>   > debug protocol and is used as the debug engine in Visual Studio and Visual
>   > Studio Code.
>   >
>   > I use it myself and plan maintaining it within DPMT.
> 
>   Hi William,
> 
>   I see you made a start on packaging this pair of packages about 2.5
>   years ago.  It turns out they are also expected by Spyder, which I am
>   now maintaining.  Are you planning on continuing this work, or would
>   you be happy for me to take over from you, picking up on your initial
>   packaging work?  I'd ideally like to have them uploaded to NEW within
>   the next 3-4 weeks, and if I don't hear from you, I'll go ahead and
>   work on it myself.  (The two packages do seem a bit challenging
>   because of the vendoring of third-party packages in both!)
> 
>   Also, ptvsd was renamed as "debugpy" in January 2020, so I would
>   rename the salsa repository to debugpy.
> 
>   Best wishes,
> 
>      Julian