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

[Alexandre Gramfort]

hi Andreas,

thanks for clarifying. I'll take care of packaging of v0.9 just released asap.
I'll remove mayavi from Build-Depends to be safe.

Alex

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Andreas Tille <andreas at an3as.eu> wrote:
> 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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