Re: [jokosher-devel] Jokosher 0.1 Ubuntu package

["Jeff Ratliff" <jefrat gmail com>]

On 21/07/06, Daniel Holbach <daniel holbach ubuntu com> wrote:
> Hello Chris,
>
> On Fr, 2006-07-21 at 10:52 +0100, Chris Brown wrote:
>
> > However I dont think that users should be expected to have to download
> > a tarball, unzip it and run a setup file.
>
> Lots of python projects offer this and I don't think it's wrong - some
> Distros won't have the package and Joe User will be happy to run  sudo
> setup.py  to install it to the system and not worry about anything else.
Actually, most projects work like this, not just Python. Usually you
make && make install, which puts everything in it's place. For RPM
building, rpmbuild runs the install step to see what files get
installed and where, then you make a files list from that. Installing
files manually in the spec file should only be done as a last resort.

A good install script will not only do installation for people who
install from source, it will also help people on obscure distros. We
will eventually get to the point where we just can't build, maintain
and host packages for every distro under the sun.

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Jeff Ratliff (Gomer_X)