Re: [lfs-dev] packaging (python module)
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.lfs.beyond.devel |
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On Sun, 2025-04-20 at 16:44 -0400, Rahul Chandra wrote: > On 2025-04-20 14:46, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > About a week ago I had to add the Python module 'packaging' to LFS in > > order to build 'wheel'. Currently we also have it in BLFS. It is > > mentioned for glib2, three packages in Python Dependencies and five > > packages in Python Modules. > > > > The question is whether we should remove 'packaging' from BLFS. We do > > have several packages in both books: vim, libcap, and Python, but those > > are there to provide extra functionality that can't be built in LFS > > without a lot of additional dependencies. > > > > Generally BLFS depends on all the packages in LFS being present, but > > the transition from BLFS to LFS may be a problem for some users, > > especially if the package needs to updated. > > > > What do you think? > > > > -- Bruce > > I think removing it should be fine, python generally gives good errors > about missing dependencies so the first thing most will do is google > "packaging lfs" which should bring them to the LFS page. I agree to just remove it (with an entry in ChangeLog like "remove packaging (Python module) that LFS now provides"). -- Xi Ruoyao <[email protected]> School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/info/blfs-dev Unsubscribe: See the above information page