On Debian stable, it's only possible to have python 2.6 out-of-tree (i.e. in /usr/local, built from scratch, possibly with more stuff needed to be built out-of-tree)
So from Debian point of view this means that such a package is only feasible in the testing distro, where it's possible to have python2.6 installed Debian way. Dmitrii On Mar 6, 5:57 pm, Kasper Peeters <kasper.peet...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > The maintainers logic is clear they don't want to duplicate stuff. I can > > appreciate that. I suggest we approach them, saying we understand this, and > > that > > in general it would be silly to include everything. If we then produce a > > long > > list of packages which have needed to be patched, then it is less likely > > they > > will object. > > Giving that even the Sage developers probably want those patches to > eventually be incorporated upstream (or you would have to keep > maintaining all those spkg's forever), it is indeed a very good start > to just make a web page with all the patches that Sage requires. That > will also make it much easier to judge how hard it is to package for > debian/ubuntu. > > Cheers, > Kasper -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
