Re: Request to move python-awkward under the umbrella of Debian Python Team

[Aryan Karamtoth]

On 22/08/25 00:21, Nilesh Patra wrote:

+Sascha who is the uploader

On 21/08/25 8:29 pm, Aryan Karamtoth wrote:

I've recently packaged python-vector [1] which is currently in unstable
but I noticed that it's not going to make it to testing due to
python-awkward[2] not being updated for 1.5 years.

python-awkward and python-vector are a part of Sci-Kit HEP project which
is a high energy physics community project. I also maintain some of the
other Sci-Kit HEP projects with the Debian Python Team.

python-awkward is currently being maintained by the med team but the
package looks abandoned. It's been in unstable for 438 days now.

I have sent a patch upstream to fix 
this:https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3629
It does seem to fix the test for me, atleast locally.

Hence I'm writing to ask if its possible to move the maintenance of
python-awkward  under the Debian Python Team to handle future
maintenance of the package as I believe it's better suited there.

It makes sense to do this only if there's really someone in that team actually 
interested to take
up the maintenance, otherwise it is just unnecessary cosmetics.

[1]https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python-vector
[2]https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python-awkward

I've already joined the Med Team on Salsa yesterday.

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Aryan Karamtoth
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I'm more leaning towards bringing it under the Python Team but I can also co-maintain python-awkward with Sascha under the Med Team if the med team doesn't want to move it to DPT.

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