On 12/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin Dangoor wrote: > 0.8a5 (December 2, 2005) > > ------------------------ > > * setup has been changed to ensure that > people properly > get the CherryPy 2.1 release version. > > *Project > Updates* > > * Kid updated to 0.8.0 > * MochiKit updated to 1.1 > * > FormEncode updated to 0.4 > * setuptools updated to 0.6a8 As the > wanna-be-Debian package maintainer, could I ask if the setup.py could > have a formatting change to make patching easier for me? :-) Below is > part of the setup.py as it currently stands in 0.8a5 > install_requires = ["kid >= 0.8", "CherryPy >= 2.1.0, != > 2.1.0-rc2, != 2.1.0-rc1, != 2.1.0-beta", "SQLObject >= 0.7", > "json-py >= 3.2.1", "elementtree >= 1.2.6", > "cElementTree >= 1.0.2", "FormEncode >= 0.4", "setuptools >= > 0.6a8", "TestGears >= 0.2"], Could this be re-formatted to > install_requires = ["kid >= 0.8", "CherryPy >= 2.1.0, != > 2.1.0-rc2, != 2.1.0-rc1, != 2.1.0-beta", "SQLObject >= 0.7", > "json-py >= 3.2.1", "elementtree >= 1.2.6", > "cElementTree >= 1.0.2", "FormEncode >= 0.4", > "setuptools >= 0.6a8", "TestGears >= 0.2"], A -very- long > story (see distutils-devel thread) but I'm having to patch setup.py to > comply with Debian python policy. The automatic patch capabilities of > uupdate is getting borked because the "free-form" changes to the > install_requires section. Several re-arrangements of install_requires > section from a4 to a5 make automatic patching not possible. Thanks.
Your mailer makes it almost impossible to figure out what the formatting change should be. Can you try it again either in a monospaced font or as an attachment? (or as a diff, even) Kevin -- Kevin Dangoor Author of the Zesty News RSS newsreader email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company: http://www.BlazingThings.com blog: http://www.BlueSkyOnMars.com
