[SRU] python-rpy doesn't follow debian python policy

sudo cp /usr/share/pycentral/python-rpy/site-packages/rpy* /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/

that is a ugly fix... but proves that the bug is that the actual python-rpy package installes the files in the wrong destination. will try to correct the destionation in the package tomorrow.

Fixed in Debian:

rpy (0.99.2-5) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * debian/rules: Call dh_installdeb after dh_pycentral (Closes: #378755)

working on Edgy SRU

Fixed in Feisty

The edgy version (0.99.2-4build1) of rpy has broken maintainer scripts because dh_installdeb is called before dh_pycentral. The result is that the python files are not installed to directory in the python path. If you run:
python
importy rpy
it can't find the rpy modules. This was fixed in Debian with version (0.99.2-5) by putting dh_installdeb later in debian/rules and adding python-rpy.{preinst,postinst,prerm} and I am attaching a debdiff that backports this fix. The impact is that python-rpy is totally unusable on edgy as is.

Hi,

looks quite good, just one small point: IIRC the postinst/prerm that are noops and only placeholders for #DEBHELPER# get created automatically, can you please check this and if so remove them from the patch?

Thanks,
    Stefan.

Ok, new debdiff. I just grabbed the maintainer scripts as they were part of the "fix" the Debian maintainer did. It works fine without them as Stefan said so I just moved dh_installdeb and that's it.

Eeks, sorry I once again haven't been clear enough:

The preinst shouldn't imo go away, since these remove stale pyo/pyc files (from the previous location). In theory this would only affect dapper->edgy upgraders (since /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rpy/ only existed in the dapper version, no longer in the edgy one, but better safe than sorry I'd say.)

Cheers,
    Stefan.

OK Stefan, here you go :-)
The reason I took out the .prerm in the last one was that I don't know of any other python packages doing that. It makes sense though. This latest debdiff should do the trick.

+1

Looks sane, +1.

Also looks sane to me, +1.

is this uploaded to -proposed already?

note to self: This package has already been uploaded to -proposed.

Accepted into edgy-proposed, please solicit testing.

Works for me.

Accepted:
 OK: rpy_0.99.2-4ubuntu1.dsc
     -> Component: universe Section: python
 OK: rpy_0.99.2-4ubuntu1.diff.gz
This upload awaits approval by a distro manager

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Format: 1.7
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 16:08:31 -0800
Source: rpy
Binary: python-rpy python-rpy-doc
Architecture: source
Version: 0.99.2-4ubuntu1
Distribution: edgy-updates
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Jordan Mantha <email address hidden>
Description:
 python-rpy - Python interface to the GNU R language and environment
 python-rpy-doc - Python interface to the GNU R language (documentation package)
Changes:
 rpy (0.99.2-4ubuntu1) edgy-updates; urgency=low
 .
   * No-change upload propagating SRU to -updates (LP: #70495)
     - Tested by Jordan Mantha and Stefan Potyra
 .
 rpy (0.99.2-4ubuntu1~prop1) edgy-proposed; urgency=low
 .
   * SRU: backport of python-central fix from 0.99.2-5 (Closes: Malone #70495)
     - Add python-rpy.preinst to remove old .pyc files
     - Call dh_installdeb after dh_pycentral in debian/rules
Files:
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 6d37aa81c00424140188bc2f3658ce35 31671 python optional rpy_0.99.2-4ubuntu1.diff.gz

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Accepted into edgy-updates.