Re: Debian Python developers, make your packaging concerns known (was: Current distutils-sig discussion on package management)

[Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>]

Ben Finney writes:
> Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> writes:
> 
> > The Python distutils-sig group is currently discussing the topic of
> > package management, how setuptools interacts with package managers,
> > and what changes are desirable as a result.
> > 
> >     <URL:http://mid.gmane.org/20080317000630.735823A40B0@sparrow.telecommunity.com>
> >     [...]
> > 
> > I urge anyone who's had problems getting Python setuptools and
> > Debian package management working together, to join this discussion
> > so that your issues can be considered in whatever changes ensue.
> 
> To reiterate: This discussion is happening *now*. If ever you have
> looked at Python packaging (e.g. distutils or setuptools) and said
> "no, *no*, NO!", then this is the time to get involved so that changes
> can be made for the better.
> 
> I have no knowledge of *what* the problems are; I only know that there
> are people in this group who persistently complain about how Python's
> current packaging practices are broken with respect to Debian
> packaging.

the discussion on the python-dev and distutils-sig ML's is about
packaging of eggs, not Python packaging in general. You can find a
more complete thread on the python-dev ML, and a summary of the BoF
discussion in the python.org wiki.

  Matthias