NAME
python-mkdebian - Generate a suitable Debian source package for a
standard distutils application
SYNOPSIS
python-mkdebian [options]
DESCRIPTION
This script generates a reasonably Debian Policy compliant Debian
source package for a Python application that uses distutils properly.
It assumes that there are no public Python modules, and generates just
a single application binary package.
Information is taken from setup.py’s generated .egg-info file: author,
project name, description, version, upstream source, license, and
required and provided Python modules (which are translated to Debian
python library package names, and automatically added as package
dependencies).
It generates a simple cdbs/python-support rules file.
python-mkdebian was designed to be used with the DistUtilsExtra.auto
module, which calculates required Python dependencies automatically.
However, it makes no explicit assumptions about DistUtilsExtra, so if
setup.py has complete information it will work with any distutils
setup.
OPTIONS
--force-control
Force whole control file to be recreated. By default it will not
touch an already existing control file, so that you can
customize them.
--changelog=CHANGELOG
Add changelog entry to debian/changelog (can be specified
multiple times)
--dependency=PACKAGENAME
Add additional debian package dependency (can be specified
multiple times)
--version
Show program’s version number and exit
-h, --help
Show this help message and exit
SEE ALSO
Python help for the distutils module
AUTHOR
python-mkdebian is developed by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>.