Is there complete documentation for `setup.cfg`?
Yes, in the documentation of the setuptools. Here it is: https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/userguide/declarative_config.html
packaging
Non-resolvable parent POM for Could not find artifact and ‘parent.relativePath’ points at wrong local POM
I faced the same issue. Setting relative path of the parent in module projects solved the issue. Use <relativePath>../Parent Project Name/pom.xml</relativePath>
Version control for large binary files and >1TB repositories?
Take a look at Boar, “Simple version control and backup for photos, videos and other binary files”. It can easily handle huge files and huge repositories.
How to remotely update Python applications
If you’re not already packaging your program with InnoSetup, I strongly recommend you switch to it, because it has facilities to make this sort of thing easier. You can specify any special situations, such as files that should not be updated if they already exist (i.e. if you have any internal configuration files or things … Read more
How to package a command line Python script
Rather than using setuptools non standard way of proceeding, it is possible to directly rely on distutils setup’s function, using the scripts argument, as stated here: http://docs.python.org/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-scripts from distutils import setup setup( …, scripts=[‘path/to/your/script’,], … ) It allows you to stay compatible a) with all python versions and b) not having to rely on a … Read more
Logger for Java library
If you are developing a library the others will include in their application you should use a logging facade. Otherwise you force the users of your library to configure and include the logging framework you have choosen in addition to the framework they chose for their application. For instance if you use log4j but the … Read more
How to set the build area for rpmbuild per-invocation
It’s not documented, but the _topdir macro determines the build area. So you can set this per-invocation with rpmbuild –define “_topdir ${PWD}/foobar” … to set the directory to whatever you want. –define is the key to setting values for any macro, not just _topdir.
What actually is $RPM_BUILD_ROOT?
$RPM_BUILD_ROOT (or the equivalent %{buildroot} SPEC file macro) always holds the directory under which RPM will look for any files to package. The RPM scripts (e.g. the script that compresses the manual pages) will also use that value to know where to look for the files that were just installed. Normally, this value will be … Read more
Can we shed some definitive light on how python packaging and import works?
For the most part, this is an attempt to look at the packaging/distribution side, not the mechanics of import. Unfortunately, packaging is the place where Python provides way more than one way to do it. I’m just trying to get the ball rolling, hopefully others will help fill what I miss or point out mistakes. … Read more
Packaging Go application for Debian
Well. I think the only “trauma” of debuild is that it runs lintian after building the package, and it’s lintian who tries to spot problems with your package. So there are two ways to combat the situation: Do not use debuild: this tool merely calls dpkg-buildpackage which really does the necessary powerlifting. The usual call … Read more