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Re: Python package providing both modules and an app

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On 06/22/2016 09:51 PM, Hugo Lefeuvre wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
>>> The package is originally requested as a Python module[2] and it seems 
>>> clear to me that the whole thing is only useful as a library
>>
>> I don't understand this statement. If it is *only* useful as a library,
>> why install the command-line entry point?
> 
> Indeed, I though about that, but python-slugify has been developed as an 
> application[0] so I think it's rather a bad idea to completely ignore the 
> entry point, even if it's not really useful. I think upstream would disagree, 
> too. In my opinion, better build a third package, even if it won't be used
> a lot.

The 3rd package is mandatory if your package needs to store config files.

Cheers,

Thomas

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Python package providing both modules and an app Hugo Lefeuvre <hle@debian.org> - 2016-06-21 23:20 +0200
  Re: Python package providing both modules and an app Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-06-22 03:30 +0200
    Re: Python package providing both modules and an app Hugo Lefeuvre <hle@debian.org> - 2016-06-22 22:00 +0200
      Re: Python package providing both modules and an app Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-06-23 03:10 +0200
        Re: Python package providing both modules and an app Hugo Lefeuvre <hle@debian.org> - 2016-06-23 18:40 +0200
          Re: Python package providing both modules and an app Hugo Lefeuvre <hle@debian.org> - 2016-06-30 08:30 +0200
      Re: Python package providing both modules and an app Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> - 2016-07-05 10:50 +0200
    Re: Python package providing both modules and an app Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-06-23 03:00 +0200
      Python program as a command-line program (was: Python package providing both modules and an app) Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-06-23 03:20 +0200
        Re: Python program as a command-line program (was: Python package  providing both modules and an app) Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2016-06-24 21:30 +0200
          Re: Python program as a command-line program Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-06-27 09:00 +0200
      Re: Python package providing both modules and an app Ian Cordasco <graffatcolmingov@gmail.com> - 2016-06-23 03:30 +0200
  Re: Python package providing both modules and an app Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> - 2016-07-05 10:40 +0200
    Re: Python package providing both modules and an app Hugo Lefeuvre <hle@debian.org> - 2016-07-05 16:50 +0200
      Re: Python package providing both modules and an app Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> - 2016-07-05 21:00 +0200

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