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[Python-Dev] what to do if you don't want your module in Debian

James Mills prologic at shortcircuit.net.au
Tue Apr 27 01:26:12 CEST 2010 
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:15 AM, David Malcolm <dmalcolm at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 21:19 +0200, Piotr Ożarowski wrote:
>> 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
> Thanks!   Not just Debian: I can confirm, from bitter experience, that
> your list is also highly applicable to Fedora and RHEL...

Honestly, it's enough to publish your python application/library/module to pypi
(at least this is true for my work). Re-packing some xyz Linux distribution's
package mangement system just seems useless and a waste of time (with
exceptions ofc).

--James
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