On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 09:25:27PM -0700, Vincent Cheng wrote: > >> > >> It's on my todo list (along with other things like migrating to > >> pybuild and running the test suite with xvfb, etc.), but I doubt I'll > >> have time to get around to this anytime soon. Anyways, patches welcome > >> as always. :) > > > > I would love to help, but as much as I've been using Debian, it seems my > > head can't fit how to properly set up, build and/or hack on Debian > > packaging :/ > > If you ever make a patch (or at worst, several patches) to solve this > > issue, I can try to have another look and try to understand this, once > > again. > > If you're in need of a good practical Debian packaging guide, I highly > recommend Lucas Nussbaum's packaging-tutorial (which you can apt-get > install, or fetch online [1]). Some Python specific packaging tips are > covered on the Debian wiki [2] as well. You're also more than welcome > to drop by #debian-mentors and #debian-python on OFTC if you're still > struggling with packaging-related issues. > > Regards, > Vincent > > [1] > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/packaging-tutorial/packaging-tutorial.en.pdf > [2] https://wiki.debian.org/Python/LibraryStyleGuide
Thank you for the links. I will have a look and try to propose a patch when I will time, patience, and motivation to dive into this again. Hopefully, by then, the package will be out of experimental and I would be able to install the build dependencies without spending 50 minutes to try to do so (which I gave up to.) Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org