On 10/2/18 10:06 PM, Miro Hrončok wrote:
On 2.10.2018 16:30, Federico Bruni wrote:
Hi folks
While trying to figure out a way to install some desktop specific
files (such as APP.desktop or APP.appdata.xml) within the installation
prefix (instead of python installation) using setuptools, I started
wondering if it's actually a good idea.
AFAIK setuptools (PyPA) considers this a bad practice and doesn't (want
to) support this. It's up to the Linux package maintainers to do this.
I don't remember where this information comes from, but I'm 90% sure
it's accurate.
Peter and/or Nick might know more. Cced.
If you use Python's upstream packaging mechanisms, the expectation is
that the result is installable into a self-contained environment like
venv, Conda, or a user's home.
To install these files system-wide, put it in the RPM spec.
It's probably possible to do this correctly from setuptools, but that
would put you in the business of figuring out how to do it correctly
from setuptools. I don't think you want that :)
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