Build separate binary packages from single source

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

Howdy all,

I am working to package a collection of related Python distributions,
that are all distributed as a single source distribution
<URL:https://pypi.python.org/pypi/devpi/>.

The source distribution contains a collection of sub-distributions that
also get uploaded to PyPI. Each one has its own ‘setup.py’ in a
sub-directory.

That differs from the default expectations of Debhelper and Pybuild (it
does not build a single binary distribution from a single top-level
‘setup.py’).

What is the correct way to convince Debhelper, Pybuild, dh_python{2,3},
etc. to work with this source package and build the right binary
packages?

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Ben Finney