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Re: Packaging a python module



Kai Hendry <hendry@cs.helsinki.fi> schrieb:

> Firstly, I think there is Debian Python Policy. But I can't find it. Any
> clues?
>
[...]
> I looked closely at pyblosxom, but I am a little bit confused how under
> debian/ there is pyblosxom/ with everything again with the directory
> structure. Is that right?

Yes, that's where all the files are prepared and arranged for the final
packaging. 

>
> I thought the debian/ was a set of basic control files that assembles
> the sources below it.

Yes, that true as well.

> I ran dh_make and it seem to have created a whole host of unnecessary
> files...

[....]
> Other questions. How do I replace bilbo (my machine's name) <hendry@bilbo>
> with a proper email extension?

read the manpages and give the maintainer address as options. With
dh_make, it's -e IIRC.

> Do I edit the changelog with a special tool?

You needn't, but Emacs has a good mode for that.

Bye, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie



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