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Re: Requesting guidance on the best way to package Python packages that include Rust code (specifically uv_build)

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From	Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>
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Subject	Re: Requesting guidance on the best way to package Python packages that include Rust code (specifically uv_build)
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On 2025-09-18 5 h 08 p.m., Soren Stoutner wrote:
> Note:  Sending again with a fixed address for the debian-rust mailing list.  I
> apologize for the duplicate.
> 
> There are a couple of Python packages I maintain which have introduced new
> dependencies written in Python but containing Rust code.  In particular, this
> email is regarding uv_build, which is a Python build system that is being
> adopted by a number of upstream projects whose packages I maintain.
> 
> Manuel Guerra has been looking into how difficult it is to package uv_build.
> 
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1115616
> 
> By default, it wants to download Rust code at build-time based on a
> Cargo.toml.  I assume this is not unique nor the first time this can come up
> with a Python package.  My question is, what is the canonical way for handing
> such dependencies?
> 

Hello!

I faced similar issues before, maybe this package can be an inspiration:

https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-watchfiles

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  Requesting guidance on the best way to package Python packages that include  Rust code (specifically uv_build) Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> - 2025-09-18 23:10 +0200
  Re: Requesting guidance on the best way to package Python packages  that include Rust code (specifically uv_build) Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org> - 2025-09-18 23:20 +0200
  Re: Requesting guidance on the best way to package Python packages  that include Rust code (specifically uv_build) Ananthu C V <weepingclown@debian.org> - 2025-09-19 13:40 +0200
      Re: Requesting guidance on the best way to package Python packages that  include Rust code (specifically uv_build) Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> - 2025-09-21 04:30 +0200

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