Bug#1052421: ITP: control -- Python Control Systems Library

[Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@wrar.name>]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 08:20:20PM +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> > * Package name    : control
> >   Version         : 0.9.4
> >   Upstream Author : <Python Control Developers
> > <python-control-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>>
> > * URL             : http://python-control.org/
> 
> While I cannot judge whether this package is a sensible addition to
> Debian - I strongly ask you to re-consider the package name as "control"
> can apply to many different areas, and is therefore not helping when
> trying to figure if that package helps in a particular situation.
> Also, as there's the debian/control file in each source package, this
> will create some confusion and possibly even to users asking you for
> help with their packaging.
> 
> Just from the above website, perhaps something like
> python-feedback-control-systems or a bit shorter variant would be more
> appropriate. I might be wrong.
python-control is fine, considering it's https://pypi.org/project/control/