[Tutor] Standard way to create debian packages for python programs?

[Mac Ryan]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:43:09 +1000
Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:


> Mac Ryan wrote:
> > Although it's years I program with python, I never distributed my
> > software with packages (I never created *any* packages in my life,
> > indeed).  
> 
> This is a mailing list for learning the programming Python, not on
> how to built Debian packages.
> 
> You will probably get better answers if you ask this question on a 
> Debian packaging forum.

Steven, 

	I appreciate the feedback, yet it feels like you did not
read my question through: apart a general feedback about the packaging
process [which I felt important to explain in case I got it totally
wrong and was asking something that did not make sense at all] the
other to points are specific to python.

	In particular, `distutils` is part of the standard python
distribution and it is in no way specific to Debian, so I don't feel
this is the wrong place to ask, although it's totally ok if tutors feel
they aren't competent enough on the subject to give proper feedback. :)

	I will surely cross-post on some debian-specific ML or forum,
but I don't think I will have better luck in getting feedback on
distutils there than on a python-specific ML like this one. I will let
you know if I will be proved wrong, though! :)

	Best,
	/mac