[Distutils] Re: PEP 262: Database of Installed Python Packages

[Andrew Kuchling]

On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 05:42:30PM +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>Also +1 on adding more bdist_* package support e.g. bdist_deb
>and an extended version of bdist_rpm to accomodate specific
>settings for various RPM-based distros (if needed).

Ironically bdist_deb is the most significant missing format;
apparently it's really difficult to automatically build the right
control file.  (I don't remember the details; someone interested in
taking this on should consult the distutil-sig archives.)

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