Bug#830983: ITP: field -- extracts a list of fields from a file
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 01:08:25PM -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > Perhaps moreutils? > > The utilities provided therein are (partially) written in perl. So it > is out of place in that regards - but certainly not a show stopping > road block. > > Joey Hess is the maintainer according to: > > apt-cache show moreutils | grep '^Maintainer:' > Maintainer: Joey Hess That's obsolete information. https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/moreutils has current information. -- Schrödinger's backup hypothesis: the condition of any backup is undefined until a restore is attempted. -- andrewsh signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#830983: ITP: field -- extracts a list of fields from a file
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 01:08:25PM -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: >> Perhaps moreutils? >> >> The utilities provided therein are (partially) written in perl. So it >> is out of place in that regards - but certainly not a show stopping >> road block. >> >> Joey Hess is the maintainer according to: >> >> apt-cache show moreutils | grep '^Maintainer:' >> Maintainer: Joey Hess > > That's obsolete information. Indeed! :) I thought I was performing the command on a sid machine, but it was jessie. Oops! -m
Bug#830983: ITP: field -- extracts a list of fields from a file
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Trevor Bramwell wrote: > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 07:39:32PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: >> Such has having the 'field' codo in an existing Debian package. > > If you would be so kind as to point me to the right package this should > be included in, I'd be happy to discuss it with the maintainer and close > this bug. Perhaps moreutils? The utilities provided therein are (partially) written in perl. So it is out of place in that regards - but certainly not a show stopping road block. Joey Hess is the maintainer according to: apt-cache show moreutils | grep '^Maintainer:' Maintainer: Joey Hess -m
Bug#830983: ITP: field -- extracts a list of fields from a file
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 07:39:32PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > That seems to me a "Debian is a good FLOSS project, I want to contribute, > here is my code which I have allready packaged!" Bingo. In fact the code is already packaged for Python[1]. I have high hopes of getting more involved in Debian and this is my 'foot-in-the-water'. > Where I can understand the Point Of View of both Trevor and Marco, > think I that the answer is some where in the middle. I wrote this specifically because it was clear coreutils is not interested[2] in including these changes into 'cut'; understandably because of backwards-compatability. > Such has having the 'field' codo in an existing Debian package. If you would be so kind as to point me to the right package this should be included in, I'd be happy to discuss it with the maintainer and close this bug. Regards, Trevor Bramwell [1] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/field [2] https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rejected_requests.html See 'cut -f2,1' and 'cut -d '[:blank:]'. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#830983: ITP: field -- extracts a list of fields from a file
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 06:47:22PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > Do we really need this trivial program which barely saves typing a few > characters, especially in a standalone package? > Also, what is wrong with cut(1)? Seems to me two retoric questions. Quoting the original posting: > > I am the sole creator of field and expect to maintain the package when > > new bugs are found. The first build of the package can be found on my > > website[1] and as this is my first Debian package I would appreciate a > > sponsor. That seems to me a "Debian is a good FLOSS project, I want to contribute, here is my code which I have allready packaged!" Where I can understand the Point Of View of both Trevor and Marco, think I that the answer is some where in the middle. Such has having the 'field' codo in an existing Debian package. Groeten Geert Stappers [1] https://trevor.bramwell.net/downloads/field_0.2.0-1_amd64.deb -- Leven en laten leven
Bug#830983: ITP: field -- extracts a list of fields from a file
On Jul 13, Trevor Bramwell wrote:
> field it is a simpler version of:
>
> awk '{ print $5,$3,$1; }'
Do we really need this trivial program which barely saves typing a few
characters, especially in a standalone package?
Also, what is wrong with cut(1)?
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Marco
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Bug#830983: ITP: field -- extracts a list of fields from a file
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Trevor Bramwell
* Package name: field
Version : 0.2.0
Upstream Author : Trevor Bramwell
* URL : https://github.com/bramwelt/field
* License : GPLv3+
Programming Lang: Python
Description : extract a list of fields from a file
field it is a simpler version of:
awk '{ print $5,$3,$1; }'
and similar scripts. Field defaults to spliting lines, read from stdin
and written to stdout, on whitespace (space and tab).
The benefits it provides over the above awk pattern and cut are:
- Out of order printing
field 3 2 3 1 < file
- Ranges
field 5-1 < file
- Repetition
field 2 2 2 2 < file
I am the sole creator of field and expect to maintain the package when
new bugs are found. The first build of the package can be found on my
website[1] and as this is my first Debian package I would appreciate a
sponsor.
[1] https://trevor.bramwell.net/downloads/field_0.2.0-1_amd64.deb
