[Debian-science-sagemath] Jupyter packages

[Ximin Luo]

Jerome BENOIT:
> Hello Forum,
> 
> On 06/01/17 22:45, Ximin Luo wrote:
>> Gordon Ball:
>>>>> [..]
>>>>>
>>>>>  * nbconvert (4.2.0-4 -> -5): re-enable documentation build since
>>>>> nbsphinx was added to repos
>>>>>
> 
>> nbsphinx already build-depends on nbconvert so this would be a cyclic dependency. Whilst it's *possible* to set these things up in Debian it's strongly discouraged because it makes bootstrapping harder. Could you explain the details so we can try to figure out a better solution?
> 
>>>>>  * ipykernel (4.5.2-1 -> -2): the test-suite appears to timeout
>>>>> non-deterministically; the tests are all marked as passed but it never
>>>>> terminates. I added a timeout in 4.5.2-1 but I didn't think this through
>>>>> very well - rather than the build hanging, it now fails randomly (about
>>>>> 1/5 it appears). (unresolved upstream bug: ipykernel#207 [1]). Given the
>>>>> bug timing this was probably present also in 4.5.0, so downgrading won't
>>>>> help. I have disabled the build-time test and added an autopkgtest which
>>>>> treats a timeout as passing (but should pick up any other error still).
>>>>>
> 
>> It's not great to disable the entire testsuite, I'm hesistant to upload this. I've asked upstream if they can figure out which specific tests we could disable to avoid the hang:
> 
>> https://github.com/ipython/ipykernel/issues/207#issuecomment-270962415
> 
>> but if we can't figure this out in the next ~week then I'd be happy to upload.
> 
> Sorry, I was faster here.
> 

OK, no worries! We'll do it like that then.

X

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