Gerry Reno wrote: > Andrew Straw wrote: >> >> I saw your patch, but that wasn't what I meant. Disabling >> --single-version-externally-managed has to be optional, and the argument >> must continue to be used by default. Simply removing the call will >> create a regression for namespace packages. Thus, the >> --single-version-externally-managed should only be removed when someone >> explicitly asks for it to be removed (because they presumably know what >> they're doing or are at least aware it may have negative consequences). >> Hence my suggestion to look at how the --ignore-install-requires works >> as an example of how to pass an option via the distuils infrastructure. >> >> > I'll look at --ignore-install-requires and send another patch. OK, great.
>> OK, based on your code I added a "bdist_deb" distutils command to stdeb. >> I've checked this into the old-stable branch and I'd appreciate it if >> you can check whether this works for you and send me any comments. >> Invoke it like this: >> >> python -c "import stdeb; excecfile('setup.py')" bdist_deb >> > See this was my point of why my 'bdist_deb' belonged as a distutils > patch and not in stdeb. > The inherited capabilities, behaviors and invocation style needs to > follow all the other 'bdist' command types. > And that means being able to invoke it the same as say 'bdist_rpm' like: > > python setup.py bdist_deb > or > python setup.py bdist_deb --<std bdist type arg> ... > > If we start allowing 'bdist' derivative commands to diverge in their > inherited capabilities, invocation style, and expected behaviors then > chaos will ensue. This does have the same invocation style -- if you change your setup.py to import stdeb. Otherwise, it's still the same invocation style -- you just have to import stdeb outside the setup.py file. Also, this version of bdist_deb is never going to make it into the standard library as it depends on stdeb. So feel free to make a counter proposal, but I'm inclined to think this is useful to people as-is and has the benefit of working today. -Andrew _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig