[Python-modules-team] Bug#747567: Bug#747567: python3-pygame doesn't contain Pygame's documentation

[Jonathan Ballet]

On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 09:25:27PM -0700, Vincent Cheng wrote:
> >>
> >> It's on my todo list (along with other things like migrating to
> >> pybuild and running the test suite with xvfb, etc.), but I doubt I'll
> >> have time to get around to this anytime soon. Anyways, patches welcome
> >> as always. :)
> >
> > I would love to help, but as much as I've been using Debian, it seems my
> > head can't fit how to properly set up, build and/or hack on Debian
> > packaging :/
> > If you ever make a patch (or at worst, several patches) to solve this
> > issue, I can try to have another look and try to understand this, once
> > again.
> 
> If you're in need of a good practical Debian packaging guide, I highly
> recommend Lucas Nussbaum's packaging-tutorial (which you can apt-get
> install, or fetch online [1]). Some Python specific packaging tips are
> covered on the Debian wiki [2] as well. You're also more than welcome
> to drop by #debian-mentors and #debian-python on OFTC if you're still
> struggling with packaging-related issues.
> 
> Regards,
> Vincent
> 
> [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/packaging-tutorial/packaging-tutorial.en.pdf
> [2] https://wiki.debian.org/Python/LibraryStyleGuide

Thank you for the links. I will have a look and try to propose a patch
when I will time, patience, and motivation to dive into this again.
Hopefully, by then, the package will be out of experimental and I would
be able to install the build dependencies without spending 50 minutes to
try to do so (which I gave up to.)

 Jonathan