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How do you create entry-points for Python applications?

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Hello,
a python application isn't a binary but a script. So to invoke such an 
application there need to be a shell script somewhere in PATH that 
invoke that script via python3 interpreter. Imagine an application with 
a GUI (qt, tikinter, gtk, ...).

On the upstream site modern python projects using pyproject.toml (only), 
some use setup.cfg.
There you can define "entry points" and the "pip" installer does 
generate a shell script based on that information and place it in PATH.
That is a nice mechanism when installing via pip.

On your site as distro maintainers. How do you take care of then when 
creating deb files?
When a project do follow modern python packaging standards using 
pyproject.toml/setup.cfg and doesn't offer any other explict start shell 
script. Do you use that pip mechanic for the deb package?
Or how do you create your shell scripts?

I don't have an real world example of a python application for that.

I only have an example of a project (backintime) that don't use 
pyproject.toml/setup.cfg and offer its own shell script. I'm part of the 
new maintainer team and we will evolve the project to current python 
packaging standards; which means using pyproject.toml.

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How do you create entry-points for Python applications? c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2022-12-18 20:20 +0100
  Re: How do you create entry-points for Python applications? Danial Behzadi دانیال بهزادی <dani.behzi@ubuntu.com> - 2022-12-18 23:10 +0100
    Re: How do you create entry-points for Python  applications? c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2022-12-19 06:20 +0100
      Re: How do you create entry-points for Python applications? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2022-12-19 06:30 +0100
        Re: How do you create entry-points for Python  applications? c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2022-12-19 07:30 +0100
          Re: How do you create entry-points for Python applications? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2022-12-19 08:00 +0100
            Re: How do you create entry-points for Python applications? Danial Behzadi دانیال بهزادی <dani.behzi@ubuntu.com> - 2022-12-19 14:10 +0100
              Re: How do you create entry-points for Python applications? Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org> - 2022-12-20 01:10 +0100
  Re: How do you create entry-points for Python applications? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2022-12-19 14:40 +0100

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