python-cjson is on Debian but not on Ubuntu

Scott Kitterman ubuntu at kitterman.com
Mon Sep 10 11:33:26 UTC 2007


On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:39:53 +0530 Shriramana Sharma <samjnaa at gmail.com> 
wrote:
>Dear Python developers,
>
>python-cjson is available on Debian Lenny/Sid but still not there in the 
>Ubuntu repos.
>
>Please see:
>
>http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=all&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=cjson
>http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=cjson&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all
>
>When other json modules for python are available in Ubuntu:
>
>http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=json&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all
>
>is there any reason that python-cjson is not available? It's a recent 
>addition to Debian itself (2007-Aug-14) so it may have been overlooked 
>but it's a must-include, IMHO.

That was past the point where automatic syncing from Debian happened and no one requested it be 
done manually.  We are now close to two weeks past the New Package Freeze for Gutsy, and so 
inclusion in Gutsy (even if an exception was requested) is unlikely.

Scott K




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