[Python-apps-team] Bug#785627: Mayavi2 maintenance [python-mne is marked for autoremoval from testing]

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Alexandre,

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 09:32:39AM +0200, Alexandre Gramfort wrote:
> 
> I don't know what I can do about mayavi2 packaging.

That's simple: Maintain the package which is currently unmaintained. :-)

> To avoid removing
> python-mne from debian-science

To clarify the terminology:  python-mne is not removed from Debian
Science.  The package is removed from Debian testing to ensure that
testing remains in an always releasable state.  I expect mayavi2 to be
fixed in a decent time frame before the next freeze which will be not
before one year (to my naïve estimation).

> one option is to remove it from depends
> as mayavi2 is a weak dependency of python-mne. 95% of python-mne
> works fine without mayavi.
> 
> what do you think?

I think the problem is the Build-Depends.  If python-mne does not
need this Build-Dependency than it should be removed in any case.

Otherwise it might not harm to widen your scope and try to help fixing
the problem in mayavi2.  I honestly think that we should behave as
better team players and not work on single packages only (which is a
general statement and not directly addressed to you Alexandre).

To prove my point I have made the according team metrics graph.  See
here for Debian Med

   http://blends.debian.net/liststats/maintainer_per_package_debian-med.png

which could be better and Debian Science

   http://blends.debian.net/liststats/maintainer_per_package_debian-science.png

which *should* be way better.

Kind regards

      Andreas.

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