Legend: -- .... doesn't apply no .... the package is not in Debian yes ... the package is in Debian, sometimes there is more information about it in brackets (i.e. older, newer) Tags: [OPT] ... this package is optional POSTED ... a debian/ directory is available in http://web.mit.edu/sage/www/debian-dirs/ Debian status for packaging of SAGE: {{{ - All new packages still need Copyright information, and a fixed changelog - Several libdev packages should depend on the library versions. yes blas-20070724 no cddlib-094b STATUS: package created; should perhaps have dynamic library; POSTED yes clisp-2.41.p11 no conway_polynomials-0.2 STATUS: unpackaged. I don't know where this should get installed. yes cvxopt-0.8.2.p4 [0.9-3] no cython-0.9.6.8.b STATUS: packaged.; POSTED (also in Lenny) -- doc-2.8.12 STATUS: no progress yes ecm-6.1.3 -- elliptic_curves-0.1 STATUS: no progress -- examples-2.8.12 STATUS: no progress -- extcode-2.8.12 STATUS: no progress yes f2c-20070816 no flint-0.2.p4 STATUS: libflint-dev has no .a file; no soname; POSTED no flintqs-20070817.p1 STATUS: packaged; POSTED yes fortran-20070912 yes freetype-2.1.10 yes gap-4.4.10 [but old version] yes gd-2.0.33.p5 yes gdmodule-0.56.p4 [python 2.4 only] no genus2reduction-0.3 STATUS: packaged; POSTED no gfan-0.2.2.p1 STATUS: packaged; POSTED no givaro-3.2.6.p3 STATUS: packaged, though based on SAGE upstream.; POSTED yes gmp-4.2.1.p11 yes gnutls-1.6.3 [better version] -- graphs-20070722 STATUS: no progress yes gsl-1.9 [better version, GPLv3] no iml-1.0.1.p7 STATUS: packaged; POSTED yes ipython-0.8.1.p1 no ipython1-20070130 STATUS: Not essential for SAGE. no java3d-20070901 STATUS: Not essential for SAGE. - Has also been been removed and replaced by jmol yes lapack-20070723 no lcalc-20070107.p0 STATUS: packaged; though based on SAGE upstream; POSTED no libfplll-2.1-20071024 STATUS: packaged; POSTED (as fplll) yes libgcrypt-1.2.4 yes libgpg_error-1.5 no linbox-20070915.p1 STATUS: packaged but has automake issues?; based on SAGE upstream no linbox-wrap STATUS: blocking on linbox yes matplotlib-0.90.0.p5 [debian, better] yes maxima-5.13.0.p1 yes mercurial-0.9.5 yes moin-1.5.7.p1 yes mpfi-1.3.4-rc3.p9 [but old buggy version] yes mpfr-2.3.0p4 [yes] no mwrank-20070913 STATUS: packaged; libmwrank lacks soname; POSTED [replace by eclib] yes networkx-0.35.1 [same version] no ntl-5.4.1.p6 STATUS: Should have doc package? libntl lacks soname.; POSTED yes numpy-20070816 yes opencdk-0.5.9 [debian; better version] no palp-1.1 STATUS: packaged; POSTED yes pari-2.3.2.p4 yes pexpect-2.0.p1 [debian; newer crap version] yes pycrypto-2.0.1.p1 [yes] yes python-2.5.1.p8 yes python_gnutls-1.1.1 yes quaddouble-2.2.p7 STATUS: In debian with earlier version named qd. yes readline-5.2 no sage-2.8.12 STATUS: no progress no sage_scripts-2.8.12 STATUS: no progress yes scipy-20070817 yes scons-0.97 no singular-3-0-4 STATUS: Fails to configure ... yes sqlite-3.3.17.p1 no symmetrica-2.0.p0 STATUS: libsymmetrica-dev package works. Should package symmetrica itself and a dynamic library too? Docs? ; POSTED no sympow-1.018.1.p3 STATUS: packaged.; POSTED yes sympy-0.5.6 no tachyon-0.98beta.p3 STATUS: Not essential for SAGE yes termcap-1.3.1 yes twisted-2.5.0.p8 yes weave-0.4.9 yes zlib-1.2.3.p2 yes zodb3-3.7.0 New spkgs since 2.8.12 yes r-2.6.1.p14 [in Lenny] no eclib-20080127 no polybori-0.1-r7 no jmol-11.5.2.p0 no libm4ri-20071224 }}} I'm creating a new list below here with links to the packages in Debian: || yes || [[http://packages.debian.org/gimp|gimp]] || 2.4.2-1 || || || yes || [[http://packages.debian.org/maxima|maxima]] || 5.13.0-3 || || || yes || [[http://packages.debian.org/lie|lie]] || 2.2.2+dfsg-1 || [OPT] || Maybe the list could be automatically generated? The version info changes quite often. --Ondrej dpkg-awk is a good tool for auto-generating such data. -- Tim