PythonXY for Ubuntu

This is the effort to make scientific work using Ubuntu and Python a easiy go.

It builds on the successful work done by the PythonXY (for Windows) team.

Activities

The efforts concentrate mainly on:

1. preparation of packages
   1. metapackages that install all recommended packages at once
   2. individual packages of useful Python modules / packages
2. in future: the integration of the xy package into Ubuntu with all its tools such
   1. as menu icons,
   2. documentation links
   3. tray icons / indicators

Package Repositories

Stable PPA

The Python XY Stable contains:

• The metapackages for the current stable Ubuntu version
  • These install only packages already available in the Ubuntu repositiories.
  • The ideas is to get you started quickly and add new recommended useful packages easily.
• Individual package builds
  • only if the upstream source released a (offical) stable package
  • this is done in rare cases where the upstream packages has a huge and important improvement over the ones existing in the repositories

Development PPA

The Python XY Development contains:

• The metapackages of new developments for the current and development Ubuntu version
  • These install additionally to the packages of the stable metapackages new packages.
  • These new packages may orginiate from:
    • individual builds of in the very same devel PPA

    • other PPAs available (Matplotlib, IPython, NumPy, etc.)

• Individual package builds
  • new builds by the Launchpad buildbot (recipies) upon latest upstream code changes
  • new packages not yet available in the offical repositories

Support and Help needed!

Package-related Tasks

• Test packages and https://bugs.launchpad.net/pythonxy

• Correct mistakes in the packages by changing and pushing to the relevant debian files repository
• Adopt a new package and package it!

Organisational Tasks

• Help to automatise the update of metapackages

  • comparison of package list at StandardPlugins and AdditionalPlugins

  • revise the metapackages
• Improve the infrastructure
  • this wiki page
  • the respective entries in the Launchpad pages

  • the pythonxy-linux page

  • creation of download statistics (to see if this is actually needed...)

Q&A

• Why do you not work wth MOTU?
  • We would like to have the latest code becuase some useful libraries are really improving and bug-fixing quickly.
  • The Debian/Ubuntu packaging is a cumbersome process.
  • This leads to delays which is not desired.
  • But we appreciate any coordination and feedback from more experienced MOTUs to improve both packages and presence in the Ubuntu repositories.