[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 sel):

 Replying to [comment:7 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?

 It should do the same thing, however the packaging is different from
 Debian. RHEL/FC/CentOS uses yum, which wants a .rpm

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