On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 2:19 PM Fioddor Superconcentrado wrote: > As I said I'm very new to this and all (python) packages I'm using lately use > the usual python tools (pipy, setup.py, etc) and my first approach has been > to stick as close as possible to the upstream procedures. But I might very > likely be taking a wrong decision. What are the reasons to go for git instead > of pypi? I see that it is 'more upstream' but it seems that everyone else is > pointing to pypi as a distro-agnostic solution.
As Andrey says, missing files is one issue, another is that tarballs often contain extra generated files that should be built from source, but if you use the tarball then they quite likely will not be built from source. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
