PyDist

pydist is a set of tools to help converting Python modules into distribution-ready packages.

It aims to support the following distributions:

• Debian
• Gentoo

Code is available at https://github.com/rbarrois/pydist

Pydist supports Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3.

Concepts

Setup

A pydist environment can be setup using the following instructions:

# Prepare the environment
$ pydist init

# Add distribution-specific targets
$ pydist target debian deb/
$ pydist target gentoo gentoo/

Once those commands have run, the layout should be:

./
+ pydist.conf
+ deb.packages
+ deb/
| + foo/
| | + (Debian-specific contents)
| + bar/
| | + (Debian-specific contents)
|
+ gentoo.packages
+ gentoo/
| + dev-python/
| | + foo/
| | | + foo-0.1.1.ebuild
| | | + foo-0.2.0.ebuild
| | + bar/
| | | + bar-0.1.0.ebuild
| | | + bar-0.1.0-r1.ebuild

Adding a package

# From a local file
$ pydist import ~/foo.tar.gz

# From an arbitrary URL
$ pydist import http://downloads.example.com/foo.zipp

# From a PyPI-like index
$ pydist import pypi://foo

Building a package

A package can be build using distribution-native tools; a helper is also provided:

# Build all un-built versions
$ pydist build foo

# Build specific versions
$ pydist build foo 0.1.0 0.2.4

Testing packages

Running the packages tests may be useful.

# Test only for a specific target
$ pydist test --target=gentoo foo