Hi Antonio, thanks for all the clarifications
On Wed, 18 Jan 2012, Antonio Valentino wrote: > > python-sphinx (>= 1.0.7+dfsg) > > unless strictly needed, I would appreciate if it becomes > > python-sphinx (>= 1.0.7~) > > asking because in NeuroDebian we still carry backport of 1.0.7-2 ;) > lintian suggestion I guess that beast is "smarter" than I am ;) > Not clear how to perform tests on the installed package during the build > process, > Can you please point me to a package to use as guidance? few examples of my own ugliness (and I think I have ran into need of DISPLAY while trying to run pytables tests... or may be it was other package ? ;) ): https://github.com/neurodebian/pandas/blob/debian/debian/rules#35 https://github.com/yarikoptic/nipy/blob/5b8a3d4f98198a1c002801f4d2abc1a16c48adda/debian/rules#41 https://github.com/yarikoptic/scikit-learn/blob/debian/debian/rules#21 I guess you will see the pattern ;) > > * debhelper 8 -- may be I have missed some news (I am somewhat > > non-compliant myself and using 7 for the sake of easy backports for > > elderly releases), but why (>= 8.1.0) and not just (>= 8) (squeeze > > carries 8.0.0) > It is still related to sphinx stuffs. > 8.1 should have a better handling of .inv files and compression > IMHO we could also use 8.0 wit a couple of manual fix in the debian/rules ok -- let's for now forget about it then -- first things first -- push it out ;) testing though would be cool to have > >> - premature for DM-Upload-Allowed (nothing personal but at least I > >> would not sponsor upload then, since I am not very familiar with > >> Antonio's work (yet)) > >> - I would drop Wen altogether > perfectly fine with me. > I set the DM-Upload-Allowed in order to comply with the debian-science > policy: > http://debian-science.alioth.debian.org/debian-science-policy.html#idp17887120 > anyway, at the moment, I can't upload packages since I'm only a > sponsored maintainer. oh well -- then I guess it should be safe to leave it in ;) -- =------------------------------------------------------------------= Keep in touch www.onerussian.com Yaroslav Halchenko www.ohloh.net/accounts/yarikoptic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
