Bug#1144194: RFS: python-petl/1.7.23-1 [ITA] -- Python Extract Transform and Load Tables of Data

Jeroen Ploemen <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:14:30 -0000

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On Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:38:00 +0000
Lester Guerzon <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am looking for a sponsor for my package python-petl:

hi Lester,

the Python team doesn't typically use mentors, see team policy. But
now that the RFS is there anyway, my review:

* changelog: no need to repeat the bug title or summary when closing
  a bug, just the bug number will do.

* copyright: missing entry for:
  petl/io/xlutils_view.py:2:# Copyright (c) 2013 Simplistix Ltd

* control: the short description on the binary package used to
  reference the field in the Source stanza (via Description:
  ${source:Synopsis}), but no longer does. Instead, there are now
  separate description fields (with slightly different content) for
  the source and binary pkg. That duplication doesn't serve a
  purpose, especially for a simple single-binary package.

* rules: [already fixed in git] no tests were run on build at all,
  although the upstream testsuite can be successfully run with only
  minor packaging tweaks.

* control: I suspect more build-deps could be marked '<!nocheck>'?

* the upstream testsuite get installed into the binary package, is
  that intentional? Is it used somehow by a reverse dependency?


Please remove the moreinfo tag (and CC me) once you have an updated
package ready.

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