Re: [ITP] python-xlrd

On 2026-04-23 08:06, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> 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:
>>> 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
>> 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!)

I use "bunch" as a technical term for more than one and it depends; typically 
all the *BSD, Debian/Ubuntu/..., CentOS/Fedora/..., *SuSE and their other 
derivatives are considered to be the same, so if a package appears under only 
one group, that should be mentioned.

>> 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.

If you link to it, we can see if there are any potentially questionable 
sub-packages, components, or build options that for any reason we may need to 
discuss skipping or using, flagged by Fedora: some packages may have some 
components, files, or dependencies on some, under non-free licenses, other 
encumbrance, potential security risks, or contain politically incorrect content.
[For example, fortune defaults to only politically correct and no potentially 
offensive quotes, and all offensive cookie files installed are rot13 encoded. 
Offensive here ranges from possibly considered any flavour of tasteless or 
off-colour by any, to what most in some places would consider obscene comments, 
such as all limericks and various other content. Instructions are given for 
deletion of some or all potentially offensive content by admins.]

>> 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.

As far as I know, should work for all maintainers; see reply to other thread.

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

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mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher  but when there is no more to cut
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