[Distutils] Python Deb Packages

[Damian Johnson]

Hi, I'm working on deb/rpm packaging for a terminal monitor of tor relays
[1] and running into an issue with the egg-info distutil autogenerates.

My project currently installs to the default '/usr/share/pyshared' [2] but
according to the debian policy for private python modules [3] it should be
installed to '/usr/share' instead (my program is an application and there's
no reason for it to be importable by other modules). The problem with doing
this is that the egg-info metadata is hardcoded in
'distutils/command/install.py' to be added on install, and having an
egg-info file on '/usr/share' causes a lintian error when generating the
deb. Also, most things I've been reading seems to say that the package
belongs in '/usr/share/pyshared' and that removing the egg-info is kinda
evil [4].

Help would be appreciated. Cheers! -Damian

[1] http://www.atagar.com/arm/
[2] https://svn.torproject.org/svn/arm/trunk/setup.py
[3]
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-programs.html#s-current_version_progs
[4]
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2007-September/008225.html
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