[HEADS UP] Improved python package support ahead

[Marcus von Appen]

On, Sat Sep 21, 2013, Marcus von Appen wrote:


> Two new port Makefile knobs are to be committed to the ports tree in a
> couple of days or few weeks.
>
> PYDISTUTILS_AUTOPLIST
>
> This knob will enable the creation of an automatic package list similar
> to the linux rpm ports and rubygems. It will work for the majority
> packages that do not install files outside of the site-packages and
> include directories for python. Ports installing e.g. binaries
> might need some additional care, since there is a small regression for
> directories within BSD.local.dist.

The regression should be fixed within the latest update of
http://people.freebsd.org/~mva/python_mod_plist.diff.

The local tree under ${PREFIX} should be respected for most of the
cases. Since the conversion to PYDISTUTILS_AUTOPLIST has to be done
individually on a per-port basis, issues with certain ports can be fixed
on demand later on.

If there are no concerns, both knobs will be committed tomorrow or the
day after.

Cheers
Marcus
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