Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> writes: > I guess my question wasn't clear enough. I was asking why > pep8/python-pep8 are used at build time at all. They are tools for > checking style, there is no reason to use them at build time at all.
Good question. However not my package, I am simply doing a NMU on a RC bug for a package another package I tried to fix requires. At quick glance it looks like the upstream tests incooporate flake8 tests. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=818060 -- Brian May <b...@debian.org>
