Packaging for Cheeseshop and Debian

[Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>]

Howdy all,

I'm writing an application[0] in Python, and am nearly at the point
where I want to package it. I need to do so in a way that's useful to
me, so that means a Debian package; and useful to anyone using Python,
so that means a Python egg available in the Cheeseshop.

I have some idea about doing each of those, but no real clues about
packaging for both Python's Cheeseshop and a Debian package
simultaneously. Where should I start learning about the issues and
recommendations?

I'd also like to discuss strategies for adding both Debian and Python
packaging information when keeping the source in a version-control
system, but that should probably be a separate thread.


[0]: a small HTTP-accessible helper application

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Ben Finney