MMA package, install targets

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Di, Jan 10, 2012 at 23:24:34 (CET), Joel Roth wrote:


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>> 
>> I notice that the mma package list only you as Uploader. Who else from
>> the team is going to back you up in case you become unavailable or
>> otherwise too busy to care for the package?
>
> I agree that this another argument to use setup.py
> I'm all for using standard methods and tools. 
>
> OTOH, 
> 1. the app is mature, and isn't expected to change much.
> 2. I'm working with upstream to convert to distutils,
>    and at that point we can easily import a new upstream version 
>    with these improvements.
> 3. I would like to release something usable when that 
>    is possible; having done enough to get the package
>    to install, why *not* release?

While I basically agree to the last point, this answer does not address
my comment above.

(I'm not qualified to comment on 1., and I'm glad about 2.)

>> Also, the package has been removed from unstable for being buggy and
>> dead upstream. What has changed since September 2010? This needs to be
>> documented and discussed in a new ITP bug, which is then closed in
>> debian/changelog (at least IMO).
>
> AFAIK, the package never made it to unstable. Since Sept
> 2010 a new upstream version was released. I imported it
> into the Debian multimedia git repository.
>
> Do I need to open an new ITP bug?

It is not clear to me that the reasons for which the package has been
removed in September 2010 have been addressed. Explaining them in a new
ITP bug seems a great idea to me.

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