Re: [ITP] python-xlrd

On 2026-04-20 08:50, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> xlrd (https://pypi.org/project/xlrd/) is an optional dependency of wxPython, 
> which I maintain, and as such I'd like to package it for Cygwin.
> 
> The cygport file for this package is at: https://gitlab.com/hamishmb/cygwin- 
> python-xlrd
> 
> Please note that the -common package doesn't contain any python3.9 or 
> python3.12-specific files, just some documentation and a script that can run on 
> either Python version.
> 
> xlrd is in Debian: https://packages.debian.org/trixie/python3-xlrd

Hi Hamish,

If you quote the majority package distros repology page (to which we provide 
updates from calm and/or deploy processes):

	https://repology.org/project/python%3Axlrd/information

packages qualify if they have a bunch of independent distro appearances;

add a Fedora Main spec for policy review:

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-xlrd/blob/main/f/python-xlrd.spec

you should feel confident to attach a copy of the cygport, and preferably a link 
to a CI playground repo build job (not any package repo playground branch as it 
does not yet exist for this package):

	https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-packages/playground/

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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