Package: r-cran-fastcluster Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
The upstream package from which r-cran-fastcluster originates, simply called "fastcluster", provides both an R and a Python interface as first-class citizens [1] (both are in fact thin wrappers around a C++ library, whose interface is, AFAIK, not meant to be exposed). However, the current Debian package provides only the R interface. It would be really nice if also the Python interface could be provided. I suspect one would then rename the source to something like "fastcluster", and from it build two binaries, for example "r-cran-fastcluster" and "python-fastcluster". I have a sketch for packaging of the Python interface [2], but that is for *just* that interface. Hopefully it is not too hard to provide both. I am not too experienced with Debian packaging, but I'd happily assist if I can be of any help. [1] http://www.danifold.net/fastcluster.html [2] https://launchpad.net/~gspreemann/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+files/fastcluster_1.1.16-0ubuntu0gspr1.2.debian.tar.xz -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)