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Re: Packaging python-datasette for Debian

From	Mahangu Weerasinghe <mahangu@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.maint.python
Subject	Re: Packaging python-datasette for Debian
Date	2025-11-18 14:20 +0100
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Resending to list. Apologies!

On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM Mahangu Weerasinghe <mahangu@gmail.com>
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 <
> spaciouscoder78@disroot.org> 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 <mahangu@gmail.com>
>> 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 <
>>> spaciouscoder78@disroot.org> 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: SpaciousCoder78@xmpp.earth
>>>>
>>>> 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: SpaciousCoder78@xmpp.earth
>>
>> GPG Fingerprint: 7A7D 9308 2BD1 9BAF A83B 7E34 FE90 07B8 ED64 0421
>>
>>

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