[Python-Dev] buildtime vs runtime in Distutils

[Antoine Pitrou]

Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> This cannot work on all platforms, when our Makefile is not shipped
> with python but python-devel. (like Fedora)

This practice is stupid anyway, because it means you have to install
python-devel even to install pure Python packages with setuptools/distribute.
Just ask Fedora, Mandriva and friends to change their packaging practice
(Mandriva already has a bug open for that by the way).

In Debian/Ubuntu, the Makefile is correctly part of the main Python package:

$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/python2.5/config/Makefile
python2.5: /usr/lib/python2.5/config/Makefile


Regards

Antoine.