Re: PyYAML in Debian Linux

On Monday 30 April 2007 08:02, Ingy dot Net wrote:

> On 29/04/07 22:56 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > On Saturday 24 February 2007 13:32, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > > On Friday 23 February 2007 16:29, Kirill Simonov wrote:
> > > > Hi Scott,
> > > >
> > > > Sorry for the delayed reply.
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 06:09:13PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > > > > In the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) - http://www.openspf.org/ -
> > > > > project we created a YAML based test suite and used PyYAML to
> > > > > support testing the Python SPF library.
> > > > >
> > > > > In order to make my life easier I packaged PyYAML for the next
> > > > > release of Ubuntu Linux.  The package status is in the Ubuntu NEW
> > > > > queue for review. You can see it on my Ubuntu package list:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://launchpad.net/~kitterman/+packages
> > > > >
> > > > > Eventually (after it's published), the status will be here:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pyyaml
> > > > >
> > > > > First, thank you for PyYAML.  We wouldn't have been able to use
> > > > > YAML for the test suite if it hadn't existed.
> > > >
> > > > This is great news, thanks :)
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > Meanwhile you might want to include some patches to your package:
> > > >
> > > > http://pyyaml.org/changeset/233 (fix loading an empty stream)
> > > > http://pyyaml.org/changeset/234 (fix the !timestamp constructor)
> > > > http://pyyaml.org/changeset/246 (fix an obscure issue with
> > > >                                  yaml_path_resolver)
> > > > At least, the revision 233 fixes a common problem.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > I've updated the Ubuntu package with those changes.  The package has
> > > been accepted:
> > >
> > > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty/+source/pyyaml
> > >
> > > and will be in the next version of Ubuntu.
> >
> > The now current release of Ubuntu, 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) has pyyaml.
> >
> > Pyyaml was also accepted into Debian Sid yesterday (with the above
> > recommended patches included).  It should be in Debian Testing within the
> > next two weeks and in due course be included in 'Lenny' when it's
> > released.
> >
> > Scott K
> Great news Scott.
>
> Does this imply that libyaml is also a Debian package?
>
> Cheers, Ingy
>
No.  I just use the Python myself, so that's all the package installs.  Since 
I've never used or build the lib, I didn't feel qualified to tackle that.

If anyone is interested in working on improving the Debian package, it is team 
maintained by the Debian Python Modules Team, so you do not need to be a DD 
to contribute (I'm certainly not one).  If you are interested, see:

http://python-modules.alioth.debian.org/

Join the team and I'd be glad to work with you on improving the package.

Scott K

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