* Package name : shedskin Version : 0.9.7 Upstream Author : Mark Dufour <mark.dufour@gmail.com> * URL : https://shedskin.github.io/ * License : GPL-3+ Programming Lang: Python Description : Python-to-C++ compiler designed to speed up Python programs Shed Skin converts programs written in a static subset of Python to C++. The C++ code can be compiled to executable code, which can be run either as a standalone program or as a module imported from Python. This package was previously included in Debian but was discarded when Python 2 ceased to be supported for most areas of distribution functionality. This software has since been updated to run using Python 3. Previously, I found a sponsor for the package via the Debian Mentors service. It might make sense to maintain this new package within the Debian Python team, and much of the packaging has been done according to their packaging standards.
Please note the extra steps when reintroducing packages, ie bug triage: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#reintroducing-packages
pkgs.en.html#reintroducing-packages Thank you for the reference. I looked in the removal log: https://ftp-master.debian.org/removals-2020.txt Here are the bugs closed when the package was removed: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=757125 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=938476 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=956489 Only the first one was directly related to the package itself. The others were related to Python 2 removal. As part of repackaging this software, I have set up the packaging repository on Salsa: https://salsa.debian.org/pboddie/shedskin The CI functionality is being used to run the test suite as part of the autopkgtest job in each invoked pipeline: https://salsa.debian.org/pboddie/shedskin/-/pipelines This suite takes over an hour to complete and is therefore not part of the normal package build process. For example: https://salsa.debian.org/pboddie/shedskin/-/jobs/4671845 This should at least mitigate against the inadvertent breakage that occurred with bug #757125. Regards, Paul
After discussion on the Debian Python mailing list, the packaging repository for this software now resides at the following location: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/shedskin Having updated the packaging resources for the latest upstream release, the CI pipeline has been run successfully: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/shedskin/-/pipelines/695723 More information on the latest upstream release is available here: http://shed-skin.blogspot.com/2024/06/shed-skin-restricted-python-to-c.html I remain hopeful in getting this useful and impressive software packaged for Debian. Paul