Bug#1144068: ITP: python-opentelemetry-contrib -- The Python auto-instrumentation libraries for OpenTelemetry

"Pieter Lenaerts" <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:09:32 +0200

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On Mon Aug 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM CEST, Carsten Schoenert wrote:

> take your time I'd suggest to understand what is maintained where.
> The upstream OpenTelemetry packages are quite fractured to my impression 
> and the git trees are very often more a collection of libraries that 
> should from Debian perspective live in different VCS trees.
>
> It took me I think more than three months to sort out things while I did 
> work on python-opentelemetry to get all needed information for the 
> packages I wanted to have and write into a proper control file.

Thanks for the advice. This kind of stuff is exactly why I wanted to open the
ITP before I really got into d/control and d/rules.

I will take this slow and I'll see where this takes me.

> [...]

> Once you think you understand enough then you can dive into the Debian 
> packaging as some maybe in the future introduced binary packages from 
> the same source need get included into the build.
> I want to say that d/rules needs to get constructed flexible enough to 
> get this later handled easily. Then start with the easiest to package 
> project.

I will come back for advice once I know more.

Thanks again!

Pieter

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