Hi, According to Joey Hess, it seems that the python-dev needs someone to maintain it.
At the moment, the python-dev does look like : ---- Task: python-dev Section: devel Description: Python Almost all of the Debian-packaged Python tools and extensions, for developing scripts and simple or complex applications in Python. Packages: python-base python-doc ddd dpkg-python gadfly gimp-python htmlgen idle pydb # pyrite python-bobo python-bobopos python-dev python-examples python-extclass python-gdbm python-gdk-imlib python-gendoc python-glade python-gnome python-gtk # python-history python-imaging-sane python-imaging-tk python-kjbuckets python-ldap python-mpz python-mxdatetime python-mxstack python-mxtexttools python-mxtools python-netcdf python-newt python-numeric python-numeric-tutorial python-pam # python-pdb python-pmw python-pygresql # python-rng python-tk # python-wpy python-xml # python-zlib pythondoc saml sulfur swig ---- Those commented packages seems not to be in woody or no longer exist. Maintainers, if your python packages did not enter testing, you should have a look to the testing pages in order to figure out what happened and to resolve the problems ASAP. Thanks to apt-cache, I listed the following packages that could be considered as part of python-dev: -=-=-=-=-=-=- WOODY: dcoppython - Python bindings for DCOP dpkg-python - Python interface modules for dpkg gadfly - SQL database and parser generator in Python gimp-python - Write plugins for Gimp in Python htmlgen - Generation of HTML documents with Python scripts. idle - An IDE for Python using Tkinter idle-python2 - An IDE for Python2 using Tkinter jaxml - Python module for generating XML documents libkdexparts-dev - Python bindings for DCOP libkdexparts1 - Python bindings for DCOP libwxgtk2.2-python - wxWindows Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (Python binding) pms - An MUA framework in Python pyao - A Python interface to the Audio Output library pychecker - Finds common bugs in python source code pydb - An enhanced Python command-line debugger pydict - an English/Chinese Dictionary written with python/gtk pyogg - A Python interface to the Ogg library python-4suite - FourThought XML Processing Tools for Python (1.5.x) python-base - An interactive object-oriented scripting language. python-bobo - Python Object Publisher python-bobodtml - Document templates with fill-in fields. python-bobopos - The Bobo Persistent Object System. python-dev - Header files and a static library for Python. python-distutils - A standard suite of Module Distribution Utilities for Python python-doc - Documentation for the scripting language Python (info+html). python-ecasound - python binding files for ecasound python-elisp - Emacs-lisp python-mode for the scripting language Python. python-examples - Examples for the scripting language Python. python-extclass - Improves integration between Python and C++ classes python-gdbm - GNU dbm database support for Python. python-gdk-imlib - GTK gdk_imlib support module for Python. python-gendoc - Documentation generation from Python source files. python-glade - Put a bit of python code behind interfaces built with GLADE. python-gnome - PyGNOME -- Python bindings for GNOME. python-gnuplot - A pipe-based interface to the gnuplot plotting program python-gtk - GTK support module for Python. python-happydoc - Python Documentation Extraction Tool python-happydoc-doc - Python Documentation Extraction Tool Documentation python-imaging - The Python Imaging Library. python-imaging-doc - Documentation and examples for the Python Imaging Library. python-imaging-sane - The Python Imaging Library SANE interface. python-imaging-tk - The Python Imaging Library (Module with Tk support). python-kjbuckets - Set and graph data types for Python python-ldap - An LDAP module for Python. python-mpz - Multiple-precision arithmetic support for Python. python-mxdatetime - Date and time handling routines and types for Python python-mxstack - A fast stack implementation for Python. python-mxtexttools - Fast text manipulation tools for Python python-mxtools - A collection of new builtins for Python python-mysqldb - A Python interface for MySQL python-netcdf - A netCDF interface for Python python-newt - A newt module for Python. python-numeric - Numerical (matrix-oriented) Mathematics for Python python-numeric-tutorial - Tutorial for the Numerical Python Library python-orbit - Python bindings for ORBit python-pam - A Python interface to the PAM library. python-pcgi - Persistent CGI for Python python-pmw - Pmw -- Python MegaWidgets python-pmw-doc - Pmw -- Python MegaWidgets python-pqueue - priority queue extension for Python 1.5.2 python-regrtest - Regression test for the Python distribution. python-reportlab - ReportLab library to create PDF documents using Python python-scientific - Python modules useful for scientific computing python-scientific-doc - Python modules useful for scientific computing python-slang - Python bindings for S-LANG python-soap - python implementation of the SOAP protocol python-soappy - SOAP Support for Python python-stats - A collection of statistical functions for Python python-tk - Writing Tk applications with Python (Tkinter). python-unit - PyUnit -- Unit test framework for Python (1.5.x) python-utmp - python module for working with utmp python-xml - XML tools for Python (1.5.x) python2-4suite - FourThought XML Processing Tools for Python (2.0) python2-base - An interactive object-oriented scripting language (version 2.x) python2-dev - Header files and a static library for Python2. python2-elisp - Emacs-lisp python-mode for the scripting language Python2. python2-examples - Examples for the scripting language Python2. python2-happydoc - Python Documentation Extraction Tool python2-imaging - The Python Imaging Library. python2-imaging-sane - The Python Imaging Library SANE interface. python2-imaging-tk - The Python Imaging Library (Module with Tk support). python2-mxdatetime - Date and time handling routines and types for Python python2-mysqldb - A Python interface for MySQL (Python 2.0) python2-netcdf - A netCDF interface for Python python2-numeric - Numerical (matrix-oriented) Mathematics for Python python2-numeric-ext - Extension modules for Numeric Python python2-numeric-tutorial - Tutorial for the Numerical Python Library python2-pmw - Pmw -- Python MegaWidgets python2-pqueue - priority queue extension for Python 2.0 python2-regrtest - Regression test for the Python2 distribution. python2-scientific - Python modules useful for scientific computing python2-tk - Writing Tk applications with Python2 (Tkinter). python2-unit - PyUnit -- Unit test framework for Python (2.0) python2-utmp - python module for working with utmp python2-xml - XML tools for Python (2.0) python2-xmlbase - XML support included in Python2 pythondoc - Generate reference manuals and indices from Python objects. pyvorbis - A Python interface to the Ogg Vorbis library quantlib-python - Python bindings for the Quantlib Quantitative Finance library sip - Python/C++ Bindings Generator sulfur - Application framework for Python programs. swig - Generate scripting interfaces to C/C++ code. python-pygresql - PostgreSQL module for Python -=-=-=-=-=- UNSTABLE: dcoppython - Python bindings for DCOP dpkg-python - Python interface modules for dpkg gadfly - SQL database and parser generator in Python idle - An IDE for Python using Tkinter idle-python2 - An IDE for Python2 using Tkinter jaxml - Python module for generating XML documents libboost-python-dev - The Boost Python Library development files (with examples) libboost-python1.21 - The Boost Python Library libkdexparts-dev - Python bindings for DCOP libkdexparts1 - Python bindings for DCOP libwxgtk2.2-python - wxWindows Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (Python binding) py-xmlrpc - Implementation of the XML-RPC protocol for Python pyao - A Python interface to the Audio Output library pychecker - Finds common bugs in python source code pydb - An enhanced Python command-line debugger pyogg - A Python interface to the Ogg library python-4suite - FourThought XML Processing Tools for Python (1.5.x) python-base - An interactive object-oriented scripting language. python-bobo - Python Object Publisher python-bobodtml - Document templates with fill-in fields. python-bobopos - The Bobo Persistent Object System. python-dev - Header files and a static library for Python. python-distutils - A standard suite of Module Distribution Utilities for Python python-doc - Documentation for the scripting language Python (info+html). python-ecasound - python binding files for ecasound python-elisp - Emacs-lisp python-mode for the scripting language Python. python-examples - Examples for the scripting language Python. python-extclass - Improves integration between Python and C++ classes python-gdbm - GNU dbm database support for Python. python-gdk-imlib - GTK gdk_imlib support module for Python. python-gendoc - Documentation generation from Python source files. python-glade - Put a bit of python code behind interfaces built with GLADE. python-gnome - PyGNOME -- Python bindings for GNOME. python-gnuplot - A pipe-based interface to the gnuplot plotting program python-gtk - GTK support module for Python. python-gtkglarea - Python wrapper for the gtkglarea OpenGL area widget python-happydoc - Python Documentation Extraction Tool python-happydoc-doc - Python Documentation Extraction Tool Documentation python-imaging - The Python Imaging Library. python-imaging-doc - Documentation and examples for the Python Imaging Library. python-imaging-sane - The Python Imaging Library SANE interface. python-imaging-tk - The Python Imaging Library (Module with Tk support). python-kjbuckets - Set and graph data types for Python python-ldap - An LDAP module for Python. python-mpz - Multiple-precision arithmetic support for Python. python-mxdatetime - Date and time handling routines and types for Python python-mxstack - A fast stack implementation for Python. python-mxtexttools - Fast text manipulation tools for Python python-mxtools - A collection of new builtins for Python python-mysqldb - A Python interface for MySQL python-netcdf - A netCDF interface for Python python-newt - A newt module for Python. python-numeric - Numerical (matrix-oriented) Mathematics for Python python-numeric-tutorial - Tutorial for the Numerical Python Library python-opengl - Python binding to OpenGL python-orbit - Python bindings for ORBit python-pam - A Python interface to the PAM library. python-pcgi - Persistent CGI for Python python-plplot - Python support for PLplot, a plotting library python-pmw - Pmw -- Python MegaWidgets python-pmw-doc - Pmw -- Python MegaWidgets python-popy - Python module for PostgreSQL python-pqueue - priority queue extension for Python 1.5.2 python-psycopg - Python 1.x module for PostgreSQL python-pyqt - Qt bindings for Python python-regrtest - Regression test for the Python distribution. python-scientific - Python modules useful for scientific computing python-scientific-doc - Python modules useful for scientific computing python-slang - Python bindings for S-LANG python-soap - python implementation of the SOAP protocol python-soappy - SOAP Support for Python (SOAP.py) python-stats - A collection of statistical functions for Python python-tal - Template Attribute Language python-tk - Writing Tk applications with Python (Tkinter). python-unit - PyUnit -- Unit test framework for Python (1.5.x) python-utmp - python module for working with utmp python-vtk - The Visualization Toolkit - Python bindings python-xml - XML tools for Python (1.5.x) python-xmlrpc - Implementation of the XML-RPC protocol for Python python2-4suite - FourThought XML Processing Tools for Python (2.0) python2-base - An interactive object-oriented scripting language (version 2.x) python2-dev - Header files and a static library for Python2. python2-elisp - Emacs-lisp python-mode for the scripting language Python2. python2-examples - Examples for the scripting language Python2. python2-happydoc - Python Documentation Extraction Tool python2-imaging - The Python Imaging Library. python2-imaging-sane - The Python Imaging Library SANE interface. python2-imaging-tk - The Python Imaging Library (Module with Tk support). python2-mxdatetime - Date and time handling routines and types for Python python2-mysqldb - A Python interface for MySQL (Python 2.0) python2-netcdf - A netCDF interface for Python python2-numeric - Numerical (matrix-oriented) Mathematics for Python python2-numeric-ext - Extension modules for Numeric Python python2-numeric-tutorial - Tutorial for the Numerical Python Library python2-pmw - Pmw -- Python MegaWidgets python2-pqueue - priority queue extension for Python 2.0 python2-psycopg - Python 2.x module for PostgreSQL python2-regrtest - Regression test for the Python2 distribution. python2-scientific - Python modules useful for scientific computing python2-tk - Writing Tk applications with Python2 (Tkinter). python2-unit - PyUnit -- Unit test framework for Python (2.0) python2-utmp - python module for working with utmp python2-xml - XML tools for Python (2.0) python2-xmlbase - XML support included in Python2 pythondoc - Generate reference manuals and indices from Python objects. pyvorbis - A Python interface to the Ogg Vorbis library quantlib-python - Python bindings for the Quantlib Quantitative Finance library sip - Python/C++ Bindings Generator sulfur - Application framework for Python programs. swig - Generate scripting interfaces to C/C++ code. python-pygresql - PostgreSQL module for Python python2-pgsql - A Python DB-API 2.0 interface to PostgreSQL v7.x htmlgen - Generation of HTML documents with Python scripts. python-xlib - Interface for Python to the X11 Protocol python-rng - RNG -- Various random number distributions for Python python-graphics - PyGraphics -- Enables use of Gist and Narcisse from Python python-pdb - PyPDB - Python interface to PACT/PDB database files python-wpy - Portable GUI library for python. python-history - PyHistory - time history data from Python-steered simulations -=-=-=--=-=-=-= This is a very long list and I'm not sure all of them should be put in a single task, for few reasons: - there are both python and python2 package. - some of them are not used a lot. As long as there is a speration between python and python2, I would propose to create a second task called python2-dev that would contain all python2 specific packages. (I still don't know what was stated about the separation, so does my proposal make sense?) Now, some questions: - what packages are not worth having? - should we split the task in smaller ones? Thanks for your remarks and ideas. Cheers, -- Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
