[Distutils] People want CPAN :-)

[Rakotomandimby Mihamina]

11/09/2009 09:57 AM, Ben Finney:
>> For example, debian packaging what is on pypi must be straighforward.
>> (same for RPM based distribution and other systems)
> Packaging for Debian is much more about following the policy, which
> deliberately involves human intervention and judgement, and can't very
> well be automated.

As far as I know (I might know nothing;)), and as far as I follow
the debian-mentors ML, most of the "problems" is about filesystem hierarchy
Python packages are pretty clear on their FS hierarchy, normalizing it
should not be that hard.
Once it's clear about that, Debian packaging straighforwardness is 80% done.

> Can you give an example of what you mean:
>    * How straightforward do you find performing the Debian packaging for
>      a Perl package, and what tools do you use to do it?
>    * Would you consider it sufficient for the same (or equivalent)
>      process to apply for Debian packaging of a Python package?

Give me just some time to give a try on an examples.

My tries might invalidate my assumptions, but I need to test that
on a bunch of Perl modules to confirm. Not just on 2-3.

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