Debian packaging

Python packaging in Debian

https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonModulesTeam https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonAppsPackagingTeam http://python-modules.alioth.debian.org/python-modules-policy.html http://python-apps.alioth.debian.org/policy.html

Python-usb 1.0

• chdkcamera depends on pyusb 1.0b
• debian has pyusb 0.4.3 in sid
• Let's check the reverse dependencies for pyusb:

$ apt-cache rdepends python-usb
python-usb
Reverse Depends:
  python-usb:i386
  quisk
  python-yubico
  pymissile
  python-nxt
  python-expeyes

• quisk: exotic sound related usb hardware (popcon inst: 121, rank 25252, maintainer: "1.0b would be better for us")
• pymissile: Marks and Spencer usb toy missile control (popcon inst: 30, rank 46195, emailed maintainer)
• python-yubico: yubikey control (popcon inst: 30, rank 41165, maintainer: "1.0b would be better for us")
• python-nxt: lego nxt control (popcon inst:n/a, rank n/a, emailed maintainer)
• python-expeyes: Expeyes box control Indian scientific experiments (popcon inst: n/a, emailed maintainer)