Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Stefano Rivera Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: pybuild now supports meson Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 21:20:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: Simon McVittie X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Wed Aug 2 19:11:28 2023 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-105.872 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[ATTENDEES_DBSPAM_BODY3=1, BAYES_00=-2, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01, USER_IN_DKIM_WELCOMELIST=-0.01, USER_IN_DKIM_WHITELIST=-100] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate:hard: -4.6 Mail-Followup-To: Simon McVittie , debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Gpg-Public-Key: http://www.rivera.za.net/stefano.gpg MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: NeoMutt/20220429 X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/21016 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20230802191106.smd3zxqa7fg6kctc@satie.tumbleweed.org.za Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 21 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Original-Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 19:11:06 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <20230802191106.smd3zxqa7fg6kctc@satie.tumbleweed.org.za> X-Original-References: <20230802174424.kblpsp7hac2sqygj@satie.tumbleweed.org.za> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:15098 Hi Simon (2023.08.02_18:23:31_+0000) > On Wed, 02 Aug 2023 at 17:44:24 +0000, Stefano Rivera wrote: > > The latest upload of dh-python to unstable (6.20230802) includes a > > meson plugin, so pybuild can easily build a package multiple times for > > all supported Python modules. > > I don't think this is necessarily appropriate for a lot of the packages > in the dd-list: many of them don't install any public Python modules, > only private Python modules for internal use (often only for their > tests). It seems better for those to keep using Meson directly, to match > upstream expectations and give their maintainers full control over their > build options. Make sense. Stefano -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272