On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 09:47:14AM -0400, Antoine Beaupré wrote: > >>> _version.py is not a copy of versioneer, it's *generated* by versioneer. > >>> However, there is versioneer.py in the root directory, which is. I'll > >>> exclude that from the source and repack. > >> > >> hmm... how about that generated file though? shouldn't it be ... well, > >> generated at build time instead? :) > > > > As far as I understand it, this file is used by the author of the > > program, not end users. I don't understand it well, though, because I > > haven't put much time into researching what versioneer even does. > > If my hunch is correct, I may be able to just remove the file from the > > source altogether, but I haven't tried that yet. > > Well, it's used by the program to show the version info, so it's > *eventually* used by users for sure. > > I think just removing the file is a good first guess.
Removing the file is a bad idea! Replacing it with the PyPI version (through debian/patches) is a much better approach. (And possibly excluding the file in debian/copyright as well.) Julian
