Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Thomas Kluyver Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Dealing with flit -- a simplified packaging of python modules Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 10:00:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Sat Sep 19 07:51:09 2015 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.579 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SARE_LWSHORTT=1.24] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -7 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.com; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=c4Jn3Xt/LolQJegxlDEHamzSfDw=; b=eAijJF UOEsAnmdAZJUDyeGYAyT0nNpCo51VWyF9Szj/Pfjq0PL35Q7fweekHCxV+NBRbHN pnRhmAUl/BpyKEFjikg41I9vr5sK1j1d3Yk/Knx6mo/mJR2NunP3/cJ/4Y987ce4 eYOx0/B231wObRiRalSM4UBOtNXIkuxVOfvJo= Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=c4Jn3Xt/LolQJeg xlDEHamzSfDw=; b=PzhkJeZwnnw6laMw3b6Ms91QlV5sWtMMtozXZ1Ec0CXrZLj g4a/Mq3vSjGkr74toTqlNYDrdZpoA49V5SnaWiw66bomt7VrmFKp9rWPjLwRjDpI u6/p/5HukUYj52lvG84YU1JH+7DOHb24op+FzpOIy65OVcmjimmBQ67IxRuw= X-Sasl-Enc: WC1G8AEbxAj6dMeUek7ivqZ1iIfezAqIqK4Y0Q7p/i3I 1442648149 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-e92f8263 X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/12602 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/1442648149.1507869.387905161.3D5B9334@webmail.messagingengine.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 18 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 00:35:49 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <1442648149.1507869.387905161.3D5B9334@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Original-References: <20150919065638.GA23539@cauchy.localdomain> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:7293 On Fri, Sep 18, 2015, at 11:56 PM, Julien Puydt wrote: > here is a new way to package modules for Python: > https://github.com/takluyver/flit > > It means that something packaged using it doesn't use a setup.py or some > such, but a flit.ini ; see for example: > https://github.com/jupyter/testpath > > I'm not sure how to package something like this (and testpath is a > depends for IPython's tests), so I think asking here is better. By the way, I am also upstream for flit, and I'm prepared to help build some tooling to use it for distro packaging. I know it will cause some inconvenience in the short term because there's infrastructure around setup.py packaging, but ultimately I think that having declarative metadata should be an advantage. Thomas