[py3porters-devel] Bug#782958: Please provide a python3 module

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 23 April 2015 at 10:09, Ben Finney wrote:
| Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> writes:
| 
| > On 23 April 2015 at 06:36, Ben Finney wrote:
| > | I'll gladly work with you on this, Dirk.
| > | 
| > | The existing source package doesn't have a ‘Vcs-*’ field.
| >
| > That is orthogonal to the python3 issue.
| 
| To be clear, I'm setting up a VCS for this so that we can collaborate on
| the changes to bring this package to Python 3.

I am sorry but that is overcomplicating matters a little in my book.  This is
a one-off alteration to debian/{rules,control}.
 
| > | So I have established a Git repository at Alioth for the Debian
| > | packaging (‘ssh://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/pkg-rpy2.git/’).
| > | If you are using a VCS already to track the packaging, please let me
| > | know.
| >
| > I have write access to https://github.com/Debian but I am a few years
| > behind converting my 100+ packages to using git.
| 
| It's at Alioth because that's Debian-hosted and so if you're a DD, you
| should already (?) have an Alioth account. (I don't use GitHub, and
| I don't assume others want to.)

Sure do, and used to use alioth a little back in the day but it is, if I may
say so, a little bare.  Anyway...

| Paul Tagliamonte <paultag-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A at public.gmane.org>
| writes:
| 
| > Sure. How can I help, sorry about that. I'd be happy to check out any
| > changesets or help out with moving it.
| 
| I have begun a little at the above-mentioned VCS, planning to make
| changes in branches. Can get to it again in about 12 hours.
| 
| Looking forward to working on this!

I'll just go off picking at a couple other python packages that come to mind.

Dirk

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