Package: python-twisted-core Version: 8.0.1-1 Severity: normal I'm working on a project (Tahoe: http://allmydata.org) that builds with setuptools and is trying to use the 'install_requires=' feature to declare what other bits of python code it depends upon. Setuptools thinks in terms of "distributions" (roughly equivalent to a debian package). We currently declare a dependency upon the "Twisted" distribution, which is the name of the distribution that twisted-8.0.1's setup.py constructs if you install it from source, and is also the name that Ubuntu uses in their most recent python-twisted-core package (/usr/share/pyshared/Twisted-2.5.0.egg-info exists in the contents page at http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/all/python-twisted-core/filelist).
Unfortunately, the version that sid currently includes declares itself to provide a distribution named "Twisted-Core" instead of just "Twisted", so this dependency doesn't work. The setuptools dependency language is not as flexible as debian's, so we can't do something like 'Twisted | Twisted-Core'. Would it be possible to change the way the .egg-info file gets created to make it match the other two examples? I believe that 8.0.1-1 is the first debian version to ship with .egg-info files at all, so there isn't a lot of historical baggage to deal with yet, and this would improve cross-platform compatibility. I suspect the "Twisted-Core" name appeared because of the way the split Twisted sub-projects are being packaged in debian, but I haven't investigated it enough to be sure. http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/ticket/378 is the relevant Tahoe bug, and includes a little bit more information: * a "Twisted-Core" distribution .egg-info file results from running the individual twisted subproject's setup.py, but I'm not sure that is still the way that Twisted is meant to be installed.. they've kind of backed away from the subproject idea, and no longer distribute subproject tarballs independently. thanks! -Brian -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22.6 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages python-twisted-core depends on: ii python 2.5.2-1 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-central 0.6.5 register and build utility for Pyt ii python-twisted-bin 8.0.1-1 Event-based framework for internet ii python-zopeinterface 3.3.1-6 The implementation of interface de Versions of packages python-twisted-core recommends: ii python-openssl [python-pyopen 0.6-5 Python wrapper around the OpenSSL ii python-pam 0.4.2-12 A Python interface to the PAM libr ii python-pyopenssl 0.6-5 transitional dummy package ii python-serial 2.2-4 Module encapsulating access for th -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
