AFAIK Debian helper for Python handles this
در 18 دسامبر 2022 19:18:44 (UTC)، c.bu...@posteo.jp نوشت: >Hello, >a python application isn't a binary but a script. So to invoke such an >application there need to be a shell script somewhere in PATH that invoke that >script via python3 interpreter. Imagine an application with a GUI (qt, >tikinter, gtk, ...). > >On the upstream site modern python projects using pyproject.toml (only), some >use setup.cfg. >There you can define "entry points" and the "pip" installer does generate a >shell script based on that information and place it in PATH. >That is a nice mechanism when installing via pip. > >On your site as distro maintainers. How do you take care of then when creating >deb files? >When a project do follow modern python packaging standards using >pyproject.toml/setup.cfg and doesn't offer any other explict start shell >script. Do you use that pip mechanic for the deb package? >Or how do you create your shell scripts? > >I don't have an real world example of a python application for that. > >I only have an example of a project (backintime) that don't use >pyproject.toml/setup.cfg and offer its own shell script. I'm part of the new >maintainer team and we will evolve the project to current python packaging >standards; which means using pyproject.toml. >
