[arch-projects] [namcap][PATCH] Add setuptools rule

[Felix Yan]

On Friday, February 21, 2014 17:01:06 Eric Bélanger wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 6:10 AM, Felix Yan <felixonmars at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This rule detects python imports from pkg_resources from
> > python*-setupsools in /usr/bin/*. Missing dependency on corresponding
> > setuptools package will render the executables unusable.
> 
> Why do we need a special rule for setuptools? It is not different that the
> hundreds of python packages required to run all the different binaries out
> there. IMO, this is a case where the packager should consult the upstream
> documentation.

Sorry, I should explain more on the commit message.

I have the following reasons to have this special rule for setuptools added:

- Upstreams often recommend to use "pip install xxx" and have setuptools 
installed at installation time, since setuptools is a hard dependency of pip. 
But this doesn't give any information about if setuptools is still needed 
after installation. The rule I added will just check for that.

- Adding executables with dependency on setuptools is a default behavior of 
setuptools [1]. Even upstream themselves may not care about it too much. But 
it's still something that we have to care when packaging.

- setuptools is kind of a basic package, like the existing rule to check for 
kdelibs. Packagers may not notice the dependency, since he or she may already 
installed something that depends on setuptools.

- We already have 17 bug reports on flyspray about missing dependency on 
setuptools, out of 24 total for a search of setuptools [2].

And you may notice that hgsvn has appeared twice - that may mean, after a new 
packager see the information about dependency not needed: setuptools, he 
removed it.

This is where namcap could help.

Let me know about what you think :)

[1] http://guide.python-distribute.org/creation.html#entry-points
[2] 
https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?string=setuptools&project=0&search_name=&type%5B%5D=&sev%5B%5D=&pri%5B%5D=&due%5B%5D=&reported%5B%5D=&cat%5B%5D=&status%5B%5D=&percent%5B%5D=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index

Regards,
Felix Yan
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