Re: How to package python extensions that need a special preprocessor?

2015-09-03 Thread Guy Streeter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/03/2015 10:36 AM, David Howells wrote: > Guy Streeter wrote: > >>> I'm trying to package a python module that has a C extension that has >>> a special preprocessor that turns protocol definition files into C. &g

Re: How to package python extensions that need a special preprocessor?

2015-09-03 Thread Guy Streeter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/03/2015 05:36 AM, David Howells wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to package a python module that has a C extension that has a > special preprocessor that turns protocol definition files into C. > > Currently, I have a makefile that calls the rxgen

Self Introduction: Guy Streeter

2014-04-02 Thread Guy Streeter
I've been a software developer for 30 years and at Red Hat for 14 years. I've done a lot of kernel development and other software development, and currently work in kernel support. I've written python bindings and classes for the hwloc (Portable Hardware Locality) library, and I have submitted a r

best practices for polkit policy files?

2013-02-28 Thread Guy Streeter
I've searched but have not found any packaging documentation or development discussion about policy files for applications. Should a package just install it's .policy files in /usr/share/polkit-1/actions? Is there an rpm macro for the location? And what about naming them? Besides ending in .policy