Re: packaging distutil programs
I was looking for the python policy on the Developer's Corner part of the
web site. All I could find was the Perl policy. If you could point me to
it, that would be great.
Carlo
On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Alexandre Fayolle wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 12:50:54AM -0500, Carlo U. Segre wrote:
>>
>> Hello:
>>
>> I am trying to make a package of python programs which are distributed
>> using distutils. I can't find any documentation on how this is properly
>> done. Right now, I am kludging it by using bdist_rpm and alien but this
>> doesn't properly take into account the dependencies.
>
>You should read the python policy, if you have not already done so, and
>looking at existing python packages probably won't do any harm.
>
>Basically, you have to call setup.py install with the --root argument in
>debian/rules, and of course provide the right .postinst and .prerm
>scripts (once again look at existing python packages for examples).
>
>If what you're packaging can be seen as a python library, please try to
>provide packages for at least python2.2 and python2.3. If there are any
>scripts shipped with the packages, don't forget to use alternatives so
>that the package can be installed for several python version at the same
>time.
>
>
>
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