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Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging

From	PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr>
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Subject	Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging
Date	2025-06-11 18:10 +0200
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> However, it seems the upstream build actually depends on setuptools-scm now,
> they (you? :)) don't use any other way to tell the build system about
> the data files - the *.png images, the *.rst documentation, etc..
> This... may be a problem if the package is not built out of a Git checkout
> with Git itself present... and Debian packages are usually expected to be
> built out of a plain extracted source archive, no `.git/`, no anything.

I am just contributing to the project, specifficaly I try to add a proper pyproject.toml file.

> I'd suggest making some changes upstream, like listing the data files yourself:
>  https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/datafiles.html
> 
> (or, of course, switching away from setuptools, but any build system you choose
> may still need to be configured to include the data files along with your
> Python module sources, although some of them do this by default for most files)

setuptools is not the right tool in order to build Python projects ?

Fred

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dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2025-06-11 16:00 +0200
  Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-06-11 16:50 +0200
    Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2025-06-11 17:10 +0200
      Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-06-11 17:30 +0200
    Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-06-11 17:30 +0200
      Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-06-11 17:30 +0200
      Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2025-06-11 17:40 +0200
        Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2025-06-11 18:00 +0200
          Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org> - 2025-06-11 18:30 +0200
      Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2025-06-11 17:50 +0200
      Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> - 2025-06-11 17:50 +0200
        Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> - 2025-06-11 18:00 +0200
        Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2025-06-11 18:10 +0200
    Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2025-06-11 17:30 +0200
      Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org> - 2025-06-11 17:50 +0200
        Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2025-06-11 18:00 +0200
          Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging thomas@goirand.fr - 2025-06-11 18:40 +0200
            Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org> - 2025-06-11 18:40 +0200
              Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging stefanor@debian.org - 2025-06-11 19:30 +0200
                Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging stefanor@debian.org - 2025-06-12 11:30 +0200
                Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2025-06-12 11:50 +0200
                Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2025-06-12 11:40 +0200
              Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2025-06-11 19:40 +0200
              Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging thomas@goirand.fr - 2025-06-11 20:50 +0200
        Re: dpkg-buildpackage vs sbuild with python packaging Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> - 2025-06-11 18:00 +0200

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