Hi, I am currently updating scikit-image (skimage) to its newest version, and I have some difficulties to understand how pybuild works (for setup.py packages):
1. first, dh_auto_build calls "python3.X setup.py build" to create the packages (Python files and compiled extensions) in ..pybuild/cpython3_3.X/. This however does not include the copying of any data files. 2. dh_auto_test then tries runs the tests in .pybuild. If the test need data files installed, they must be copied manually (right?). 3. dh_auto_install finally calls "python3.X setup.py install ..." to install the complete packages (Python files, extensions, and data files) from their original place to debian/tmp/. This includes a re-compilation of the extensions. What I do not understand now is: what is the purpose of step 1? Except for the tests, these files seem to be unused. And for the tests, they are not complete, since the data files are missing. And what is the canonical way to get the data files copied to ..pybuild/...? They are already marked as such in setup.py. Doing this manually by the Debian maintainer seems a constant source of error. Best Ole
