Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> writes: > I'm having two issues trying to make setuptools do what I want to package > up an application.
Those questions are on-topic here. It's worth noting, though, that you may get better discussion of this by asking in the Distutils forum <URL:https://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/distutils-sig/>. > I feel like both my questions come down to the same root; how do I hook > setuptools to do additional tasks at appropriate times? In short, you need to extend the ‘distutils.command’ classes and specify your custom classes as commands. The Distutils documentation describes this <URL:https://docs.python.org/3/distutils/extending.html>. Note, though, that this is an advanced topic and not to be undertaken lightly; it isn't very well understood. > Is it really as complicated as all this, or is there something trivial > and stupid that I'm just missing? It's more complicated than you thought :-( The Python Packaging Authority <URL:https://www.pypa.io/> has greatly improved the situation in recent years, with the Python Packaging User Guide <URL:https://packaging.python.org/> among other works. The bad news is that, though better than ten years ago, Python package distribution is still surprisingly baroque and difficult to navigate. -- \ “I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make | `\ an exception.” —Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
