Hi, Many Python module developers do not want their work to be distributed by Debian (and probably by other Linux distributions), here's a list of hints that will help you accomplish that goal:
* depend on unstable or unreleased software (even if you use it only to generate docs or do unit tests), * bundle local copies of 3rd party modules and do not send your changes upstream, never document your changes in upstream code, * break API in every release, * break ABI in every second release, * do not ship all files needed to build the extension/docs/etc. in the source tarball, * do not list required dependencies in install_requires or INSTALL/README files, * if you list them, make sure you set the minimum required version to the one released yesterday, even if module works fine with version released 2 years ago, * create your own versioning schema (do not follow PEP-0386!), change it from time to time, * hardcode paths in the code and do it in as many places as you can (add new ones every few releases, that will teach them to not patch your code), * ignore FHS (you're using Windows after all); use __file__ whenever you can, * make sure there's nothing about license in LICENSE file or in file headers, * if you have some free time, create your own license, avoid BSD/MIT/(L)GPL, * if you use GPL, do not include full content of the license in the tarball, * release different tarballs with the same version number, * use waf as build-system, * release a new version without testing it with your own unit tests first to ensure that it will fail when your favourite Debian Developer tries to build it ;-) [debian-pyt...@l.d.o BCCed] -- Piotr Ożarowski Debian GNU/Linux Developer www.ozarowski.pl www.griffith.cc www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: 1D2F A898 58DA AF62 1786 2DF7 AEF6 F1A2 A745 7645
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