Re: [Python-modules-team] Debian Sagemath dependencies
RS Chakravarti chak...@rediffmail.com wrote: Dear maintainers, Sagemath depends on python-processing which is in Lenny (i386) but not in Squeeze or Sid. Also, it depends on python-2.5 but not on 2.6. Upgrading python removes sagemath. If possible please fix these problems. What this needs is a newer version of sagemath packaged. This is a major job that, last I heard, the maintainer did not have time for. If you are interested in the package, you might consider contacting him and asking to help. Scott K ___ Python-modules-team mailing list Python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/python-modules-team
Re: [Python-modules-team] Debian Sagemath dependencies
I don't know enough to help in this except by making comments like this! Hope you find it helpful. It seems to me that sagemath need not depend on python which is a dependency package. Its dependence on python2.5 should be enough. Similarly, python-processing could be included in Squeeze/Sid with dependence on python2.5 instead of python. The major job of adapting to python2.6 can be postponed, at least for a little while. On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:53:09 +0530 wrote RS Chakravarti wrote: Dear maintainers, Sagemath depends on python-processing which is in Lenny (i386) but not in Squeeze or Sid. Also, it depends on python-2.5 but not on 2.6. Upgrading python removes sagemath. If possible please fix these problems. What this needs is a newer version of sagemath packaged. This is a major job that, last I heard, the maintainer did not have time for. If you are interested in the package, you might consider contacting him and asking to help. Scott K ___ Python-modules-team mailing list Python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/python-modules-team
Re: [Python-modules-team] Debian Sagemath dependencies
Hello, On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 19:02, RS Chakravarti chak...@rediffmail.com wrote: I don't know enough to help in this except by making comments like this! Hope you find it helpful. It seems to me that sagemath need not depend on python which is a dependency package. Its dependence on python2.5 should be enough. Similarly, python-processing could be included in Squeeze/Sid with dependence on python2.5 instead of python. As the maintainer of python-processing (and the one that requested its removal) I say no: processing is dead upstream and lead to multiprocessing, now included in 2.6. there is a backport to python 2.4 and 2.5, python-multiprocessing (that I also maintain) and if you need what processing provides you have to use multiprocessing. I already talked with Tim, and the new upstream release has been ported to multiprocessing, so every effort has to be put into packaging it (or backporting fixes to the current version in Debian). Tim was quite busy last time we talked, see #535357 (and all other bugs) and try to give him help if you want sagemath in a better shape. Regards, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi ___ Python-modules-team mailing list Python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/python-modules-team
