Re: [ITP] python-xlrd

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On 20/04/2026 21:37, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> 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;

My bad, I thought only one distro appearance was needed. I'll remember 
repology for the next one (there's no end in sight for now, unfortunately!)

> 
> add a Fedora Main spec for policy review:
> 
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-xlrd/blob/main/f/python-xlrd.spec

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

> 
> 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/
> 

Okay, no problem, cygport file attached. I tried to push to a new branch 
on the playground repo, but got a Permission denied (publickey) error, 
so I don't think I have the privileges needed to do that at the moment.

Best,
Hamish
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