Hi, > I am not sure if I misunderstand something or if the documentation is > inconsistent. > > The PythonPolicy > https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ > tells me that dh_python should be the preferred tool for packaging > (https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/#versions) > > But the LibraryStyleGuide > https://wiki.debian.org/Python/LibraryStyleGuide > tells me it is pybuild > (https://wiki.debian.org/Python/LibraryStyleGuide#Overview). > > And the DPT policy > https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/tools/python-modules/-/blob/master/policy.rst > tells me something about git-buildpackage and gbp.
the three components work together, or better, are used at different stages. * git-buildpackage (which is the same as gbp) is used to manage the sources of your package in git * pybuild is the toolchain that does the building process itself, and knows how to run setup.py or other tools, etc. * dh_python is the debhelper chain, the glue between the package building process and pybuild dh_python can use several different build systems, of which pybuild is the preferred one. When debhelper calls, e.g. dh_auto_build, dh_auto_build calls all chains that support the build target. dh_python does, so it is called, and in turn calls pybuild to do its magic of figuring out how to do the build for your specific package at hand. HTH, Nik
