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Docker images containing radio astronomy software
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Policy regarding python packages? #21

Closed apschoenmakers closed 10 years ago

apschoenmakers commented 10 years ago

Hi,

There are a number of useful python packages that are not directly available as debian packages, althouth these are installable using the python "pip" installer.

An example is pyEphem, used for ephemerides calaculations. You can install it on Ubuntu with:

Is this regarded as sufficient functionality for users, or will you provide ready-to-install debian packages as well?

gijzelaerr commented 10 years ago

Good question. It would be nice to just package up various Python libraries, but that also means more maintenance. I do have time to maintain Papino here and there, but it shouldn't become a full time job.

I would say only if a Python library is not pip-able on a clean Ubuntu 14.04 system (with pip installed) it should be packages, otherwise one should just pip.

Maybe it is an idea you try to build a package yourself? That way you can maintain the python packages you need yourself. In the beginning it is a bit confusing, but once you get the hang of it you can make new releases of packages quite quickly:

https://github.com/ska-sa/papino/wiki/packaging

gijzelaerr commented 10 years ago

i'm closing this issue. Please re-open if you want to know more related to the python packaging policy.