@dimstar, @mcepl, @gmbr3, @lnussel

With this change, python3-setuptools no longer pulls in python3-packaging, which means many packages will no longer benefit from pythondistdeps.py

[  116s] + exit 0
[  122s] Traceback (most recent call last):
[  122s]   File "/usr/lib/rpm/pythondistdeps.py", line 22, in <module>
[  122s]     from packaging.requirements import Requirement as Requirement_
[  122s] ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'packaging'

Where to put the requirement on python3-packaging best?

• leave it here -- packages moving to other python install backends won't necessarily benefit from it. Setuptools is not required e.g. for flit, poetry, etc. For pip it is also not strictly required, although it is the case in our distro
• rpm / rpm-build-python / python-rpm-packaging -- Ring0?
• python-rpm-macros -- not all packages use it (non-singlespec, calling setuptools directly without any macros)

boo#1178257 boo#1186870

Matej Cepl (mcepl) - over 2 years ago

author source maintainer

Cc: @StevenK