Resending to list. Apologies! On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM Mahangu Weerasinghe <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Other than that, the packaging looks fine to me. You should file a RFS > bug (upload your package to https://mentors.debian.net and use the RFS > template) and also type "!rfs datasette" in #debian-python on IRC which > adds your package to the RFS queue so that a potential sponsor can stumble > across your package and sponsor it if they wish to. > Thank you for the guidance! > > Mentors URL - https://mentors.debian.net/package/datasette/ > > RSF bug - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1120933 > > And I did `!rfs datasette` in #debian-python to add it to the RFS queue in > the channel topic. > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM Aryan Karamtoth < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 17-11-2025 19:45, Mahangu Weerasinghe wrote: >> >> I've pushed my work to Salsa - >> https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/datasette >> >> The package builds successfully with gbp and lintian passes. >> >> Could I please request a sponsor to provide feedback and >> potentially upload this package? ITP here - >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1120835 >> >> I've had a look at the files (didn't run any tests). >> >> in d/changelog, since this is a NEW package, only the notes about Initial >> Release that closes the bug should suffice. >> >> Other than that, the packaging looks fine to me. You should file a RFS >> bug (upload your package to https://mentors.debian.net and use the RFS >> template) and also type "!rfs datasette" in #debian-python on IRC which >> adds your package to the RFS queue so that a potential sponsor can stumble >> across your package and sponsor it if they wish to. >> >> >> Thank you! >> >> Best, >> Mahangu >> >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM Mahangu Weerasinghe <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Noted, thank you! I filed an ITP bug for this package here - >>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1120835 >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM Aryan Karamtoth < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 17-11-2025 06:11, Mahangu Weerasinghe wrote: >>>> > Hi folks, >>>> > I'm considering packaging datasette - >>>> > https://github.com/simonw/datasette - for Debian. It's a Python tool >>>> > for exploring and publishing data as an interactive website. >>>> > >>>> > datasette runs as a server, making it well-suited for apt >>>> installation. >>>> > >>>> > All dependencies are already in Debian and I've built and installed >>>> > the package locally. >>>> > >>>> > Would this be appropriate for Python Team maintenance? Any objections >>>> > or suggestions before I create the Salsa repository? Thank you! >>>> > >>>> > Best, >>>> > Mahangu >>>> >>>> I don't see the need for asking this as this is a python package and >>>> the >>>> team is meant for maintaining just for these kind of packages. >>>> >>>> If you're already in the Salsa team, you can proceed with the >>>> repository >>>> and packaging. No need to ask for the permission explicitly as you were >>>> already given maintainer access just for that. >>>> >>>> That said, if you feel that this package is worth being packaged into >>>> Debian and will be actually useful to the users or devs, sure you can >>>> go >>>> with that if you feel its fit. >>>> >>>> You can file a ITP bug and cc it to the debian-devel mailing list to >>>> let >>>> others know that you're packaging it. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Aryan Karamtoth, >>>> Sponsored Maintainer @Debian >>>> Ports Maintainer @FreeBSD >>>> >>>> IRC: SpaciousCoder78 >>>> Matrix: @SpaciousCoder78:matrix.org >>>> XMPP: [email protected] >>>> >>>> GPG Fingerprint: 7A7D 9308 2BD1 9BAF A83B 7E34 FE90 07B8 ED64 0421 >>>> >>>> -- >> Regards, >> >> Aryan Karamtoth, >> Sponsored Maintainer @Debian >> Ports Maintainer @FreeBSD >> >> Matrix: @SpaciousCoder78:matrix.org >> XMPP: [email protected] >> >> GPG Fingerprint: 7A7D 9308 2BD1 9BAF A83B 7E34 FE90 07B8 ED64 0421 >> >>
