Please sync python-scipy-core (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

[Marco Rodrigues]

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Please sync python-scipy-core (universe) from Debian unstable (main).
Changelog since current gutsy version 0.3.2-7.1:

python-scipy-core (0.3.2-7.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Add missing build-dependency on python-numpy (Closes: 424026).
  * Remove obsolete call to dh_python.
  * Remove useless build-dependency on python-all.

 -- Pierre Habouzit <email address hidden> Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:07:20 +0200

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[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Why do we want to do this considering it's an obsolete package?

[Marco Rodrigues (gothicx)]

Just to have it synced with Debian, when Ubuntu Archive Admins decide to remove it, it's their choice =)

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Put it differently, why are you making work for the archive admins to sync a package no one should be using.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

This is an old package that no one should be usinging anymore anyway.

[Ming Hua (minghua)]

In Debian python-f2py is the only package that still depends on python-scipy-core. In Ubuntu python-f2py is just synced, so also depends on python-scipy-core.

I agree with Scott that we should try to get rid of python-scipy-core instead of just syncing from Debian, while nobody really understands the pacakge.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

And I think that's in error as I find no reference to imports from scipy-core in the python-f2py code.

It looks like the f2py code was updated, but the dependency in the package was not. I'll look into this some more and then prepare a new revision for f2py if I confirm it.

[LaserJock (laserjock)]

Scott, you might also try to look in to whether f2py is even needed at all. I seem to remember that upstream may have integrated it into numpy but I'm not sure.