[Python-Dev] what to do if you don't want your module in Debian (original) (raw)

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Tue Apr 27 01:52:50 CEST 2010

On 27/04/2010 00:26, James Mills wrote:

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:15 AM, David Malcolm<dmalcolm at redhat.com> wrote:

On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 21:19 +0200, Piotr Ożarowski wrote:

Many Python module developers do not want their work to be distributed by Debian (and probably by other Linux distributions), here's a list of Thanks! Not just Debian: I can confirm, from bitter experience, that your list is also highly applicable to Fedora and RHEL... Honestly, it's enough to publish your python application/library/module to pypi (at least this is true for my work). Re-packing some xyz Linux distribution's package mangement system just seems useless and a waste of time (with exceptions ofc).

The point of the discussion has been how you can structure your package so that Linux distribution maintainers can repackage it for you whilst still remaining portable to other platforms. Even if you never intend to repackage your project yourself following these "best practises" seems like a good idea. (Unless you really don't want them packaged for debian - in which case you now have a handy guide telling you how you can ensure this.)

All the best,

Michael

--James

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