[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #2063: users expect 'python setup.py install' to install dependencies

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#2063: users expect 'python setup.py install' to install dependencies
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     Reporter:  sel      |      Owner:  daira
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:           |    Version:  1.10.0
  packaging              |   Keywords:  install fedora linux packaging
   Resolution:           |  setuptools
Launchpad Bug:           |
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Comment (by gdt):

 @sel: I am having trouble following you.  Are you talking about somehow
 who is building a tahoe-lafs package using packaging control scripts?   Or
 a user not using the packaging system who has downloaded source.  Surely
 it's normal to have to have the prereqs installed first; you can't build
 emacs without first having gtk2+ (well, assuming you want it built that
 way, as an example).

 In pkgsrc, this is handled by declaring all the things tahoe needs as
 dependencies, so those packages are installed before the build starts.
 Doesn't RHEL/FC/CentOS do the same thing?

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