On Fri, 09 Aug 2019, Andreas Tille wrote: > > 4.5.0 still causes segfaults for me (while trying to build/test python-mne > > package). I could not get to upstream's download page for mayavi2 (server > > bogs > > out), but conda seems to have 4.6.2 https://anaconda.org/anaconda/mayavi > > so I guess > > it is out there.
> Its definitely out and the watch file reports a new version which even > supports Python3. I've updated the packaging Git[1] to latest packaging THANKS for looking into it! > standards (attention, since I know NeuroDebian prefers lower versions > of debhelper - feel free to revert my switch to debhelper 12!) and well, we could try to backport build (after lowering) but I am not sure if we would love to take that monster mayavi2 under our backports wing ;) > tried to convert the build system to Python3 but unfortunately the > configure step fails with: > ... > Remark: Since it seems the package is not really maintained by the > Uploader inside the PAPT team and entering the PAPT team might take a > bit longer I'd consider it a sensible step to take over the package to > Debian Science team to enable more people an easy access to the > repository. I'm not keen on "nursing" merge requests of grown up > Python developers just because these are not part of PAPT team. well -- I guess that should be cleared up with the PAPT team / original uploaders (at least with Varun ? any objections?) -- Yaroslav O. Halchenko Center for Open Neuroscience http://centerforopenneuroscience.org Dartmouth College, 419 Moore Hall, Hinman Box 6207, Hanover, NH 03755 Phone: +1 (603) 646-9834 Fax: +1 (603) 646-1419 WWW: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yarik