On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Thomas Goirand <z...@debian.org> wrote: > On 07/10/2013 10:30 PM, Stuart Prescott wrote: >> Thomas Goirand wrote: >>> On 07/08/2013 10:10 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: >>>> There is no policy on this either way, so there's no "mistake". >>> >>> Well, the mistake is precisely to have no rule, IMO. >> >> Rules for packaging things are normally there to solve problems of >> interoperability and to assist QA efforts. Which of these is it going to >> help? >> >>> Never the less, I think we should collectively decide what to do, rather >>> than continuing the mess, with everyone having its own rule. >> >> What mess? If there is a perceived mess, why is that a problem in any case? >> How does it help to make a new rule? Who does it help? What problem does >> this solve? Why is any intellectual energy being spent on this at all? > > Oh, I need this pyX package... Let's download it. > > # apt-get source pyX > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to find a source package for pyX > > shit, let's try again...
It works to me (in Ubuntu, anyway): $ apt-get source python-matplotlib Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Picking 'matplotlib' as source package instead of 'python-matplotlib' NOTICE: 'matplotlib' packaging is maintained in the 'Svn' version control system at: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/python-modules/packages/matplotlib/trunk/ Need to get 38.5 MB of source archives. Get:1 http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ raring/universe matplotlib 1.2.1-0ubuntu1 (dsc) [3,240 B] Get:2 http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ raring/universe matplotlib 1.2.1-0ubuntu1 (tar) [38.4 MB] Get:3 http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ raring/universe matplotlib 1.2.1-0ubuntu1 (diff) [25.1 kB] I think a recommendation (for new packages) would be helpful, but I'm against any source naming requirements or strict rules. -Brad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cahxv-mgtoi_l8v6jjdrty3skdpenb7yh1d_pv6uvcvgqwxj...@mail.gmail.com
