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  • Bug#1106545: RFA: rpy2 -- Python3 interface to the GNU R language and e

    From Dirk Eddelbuettel@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 25 22:50:01 2025
    XPost: linux.debian.maint.python

    Package: wnpp
    Severity: normal
    X-Debbugs-Cc: rpy2@packages.debian.org, edd@debian.org, debian-r@lists.debian.org, debian-python@lists.debian.org
    Control: affects -1 + src:rpy2

    I request an adopter for the rpy2 package.

    The package description is:
    This Debian package provides RPy2, a very simple yet robust Python interface
    to the GNU R Programming Language. It can manage different types of R objects,
    and can execute arbitrary R functions, including graphic functions.
    Rpy2 is a rewrite and extension of the older RPy interface.

    The package just got rewritten upstream (and arrived on pypi as rpy2-3.6.0) with two new sub-packages in rpy2 namespace, so it needs some work. And while
    I do (some, light) Pythob programming, I do not real other Python packaging
    so the minor rewrite or checkup it needs would be best provided by someone else.

    I am happy to look after it in the meantime, but my attempt at packaging it went nowhere right. Sources are on salsa (https://salsa.debian.org/edd/rpy2) and generally in good shape.

    Feel free to ping me by email if you have question.

    Cheers, Dirk

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  • From Rebecca N. Palmer@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 28 23:40:01 2025
    Control: retitle -1 ITA: rpy2 -- Python3 interface to GNU R

    I'm planning to work on this, possibly in debian-science.

    Do you have any existing work on 3.6, and if so where? (Salsa looks
    like you don't.)

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  • From Dirk Eddelbuettel@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 8 15:00:02 2025
    Hi Rebecca,

    Was just visiting open tabs and saw you had replied to my RFA -- thanks so much! I never got that reply via email and was unaware.

    I only have crappy uncommitted work for rpy2 3.6 here. I sort of had it on
    the todo-list ever since Laurent upstream switched to a new model with three (sub)packages and had poked around about how to do this and even posted to debian-python for advice. I even have a tab open to salsa and package python-deadlib which may be the closest model.

    I fear the start may have to be to start creating a new 'super' tarball as Laurent has the two sub-packages individually at PyPi.

    Let me know if I can help. I know my bits of R, but much less about Python packaging.

    Best, Dirk

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    dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd@debian.org

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