[Python-apps-team] pkpgcounter debian package

[Michael Pardee]

I'll have to dig into exactly what's different between python-imaging and
python-pil, figure out which parts of python-imaging pkpgcounter uses, and
come up with some pkpgcounter testcases.

Simply grabbing the old pkpg counter package and doing this:
dpkg --ignore-depends=python-imaging -i pkpgcounter_3.50-7.1_all.deb

works at first glance, pkpgcounter can count the number of pages in pdfs,
actually whether or not python-pil is installed.  But maybe files with
images require on python-imaging/python-pil ...

I'll work on this as quickly as I can.

Thanks,
Michael Pardee
Open Sense Solutions LLC
http://open-sense.com
888-323-1742


On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 9:22 PM Kumar Appaiah <akumar at debian.org> wrote:

> Dear Michael,
>
> On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 02:37:55PM -0600, Michael Pardee wrote:
> >    Hello,
> >    I help support a few thousand machines that rely on the pkpgcounter
> >    package and noticed that it is no longer packaged in debian
> >    testing/unstable.  Is this something that I could help with or take
> over?
> >    I see from the tracker it is maybe due to the dependency on
> >    python-imaging.  For now I've been able to install old versions of
> >    python-imaging and pkpgcounter, but I guess some work might be needed
> to
> >    make pkpkgcounter work with python-pil .   I've started to look into
> the
> >    debian maintainer process but if you point me to some sort of
> checklist on
> >    how to proceed that would be very helpful.
>
> I believe that this has to do with the fact that Debian has moved to
> the PIL fork.
>
> What I would be able to do for you is this:
>
> - If you are able to make minor modifications to pkpgcounter to work
>   with PIL, then I can make an upload of pkpgcounter with the updated
>   dependencies to Debian. I will prepare the package for you, no problem.
>
> - If you are unable to make the modification in time for the freeze, I
>   can still make acustom package for your users. This is the less
>   preferable option.
>
> I can also help you become a Debian maintainer, if needed. Happy to be
> of help.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kumar
> --
> Kumar Appaiah
>
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