Dear Matthew and Nathan, (Cc: to the yt list, however we should switch to debian-astro then) thank you for your interest in packaging yt! Maybe you could organize yourself in who does what for the packaging? Here are some links on how to start: See https://wiki.debian.org/IntroDebianPackaging for a first tutorial. For a deeper look, there is a "Debian New Maintainers' Guide" that covers most of the packaging questions, also the non-technical ones: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.en.html What also helps a lot if you started and have a question, is the "debian-mentors" mailing list https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/ which is really made for beginners, so don't hesitate to ask any question there. This list is really friendly, and there are a lot of experienced people around to help you with any problem. For astronomy related packages, you may ofcourse also ask on the debian-astro list (see my last mail), and you can also ask me directly (although it would be better to use the mailing lists, since you may get better answers there for specific questions than from myself). It would also be helpful to create an account on http://alioth.debian.org and to join the debian-astro project there. This allows to keep the packaging VCS repository there, so that we can do a collaborative maintenance of the package. Since yt is python, I would also recommend the Python LibraryStyleGuide https://wiki.debian.org/Python/LibraryStyleGuide Because the package is mainly standard, there should be not many adjustments needed. Also, check the Debian Python policy https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ There is also an (partly outdated) general python packaging guide at https://wiki.debian.org/Python/Packaging Generally, I would recommend to subscribe to the Debian-python mailing list https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/ They are really helpful with python related packaging questions. As Tomasz already wrote: This looks quite much for the moment, however we will guide you through the problems, and just ask (me personally, or one of the lists) if you feel unsure. Best regards Ole Am 05.08.2014 um 00:54 schrieb Matthew Turk:
This would be outstanding. I've subscribed to the debian-astro mailing list, and I would like to do what I can to either lead the effort or assist with the effort to package yt for Debian.
Nathan Goldbaum
I'm writing in response to Ole Streicher's message below soliciting the contribution of a debian package for yt. I think such a package would be great and would significantly ease installation for people on debian-based distros.
While I use a Ubuntu for my day-to-day work and am familiar with aptitude, I'm entirely unfamiliar with debian packaging.
Can one of you point me to an up-to-date guide or tutorial for this process?