Re: Request to move python-awkward under the umbrella of Debian Python Team

+Sascha who is the uploader

On 21/08/25 8:29 pm, Aryan Karamtoth wrote:
> I've recently packaged python-vector [1] which is currently in unstable 
> but I noticed that it's not going to make it to testing due to 
> python-awkward[2] not being updated for 1.5 years.
> 
> python-awkward and python-vector are a part of Sci-Kit HEP project which 
> is a high energy physics community project. I also maintain some of the 
> other Sci-Kit HEP projects with the Debian Python Team.
> 
> python-awkward is currently being maintained by the med team but the 
> package looks abandoned. It's been in unstable for 438 days now.

I have sent a patch upstream to fix this: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3629
It does seem to fix the test for me, atleast locally.

> Hence I'm writing to ask if its possible to move the maintenance of 
> python-awkward  under the Debian Python Team to handle future 
> maintenance of the package as I believe it's better suited there.

It makes sense to do this only if there's really someone in that team actually interested to take
up the maintenance, otherwise it is just unnecessary cosmetics.
> [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python-vector
> [2] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python-awkward