[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs] #1168: make setup.py more easily patchable by OS packagers

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#1168: make setup.py more easily patchable by OS packagers
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 Reporter:  davidsarah                 |           Owner:  somebody 
     Type:  defect                     |          Status:  new      
 Priority:  major                      |       Milestone:  undecided
Component:  packaging                  |         Version:  1.8β     
 Keywords:  install setuptools debian  |   Launchpad Bug:           
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 Packaging Tahoe-LAFS for OS distributions (e.g. Debian or Ubuntu)
 currently requires that [source:setup.py] be patched, so that setuptools
 doesn't try to satisfy Tahoe's dependencies by downloading eggs or by
 deciding to use a different version of the dependency than would be
 provided by an OS package.

 The attached diff adds an {{external_dependency_management}}} switch to
 {{{setup.py}}} to cause this change in behaviour. It doesn't remove the
 need for a patch, but makes such patches much more likely to apply
 cleanly.

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Ticket URL: <http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1168>
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