[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #2282: remove the feature of auto-installing stdeb

[Tahoe-LAFS]

#2282: remove the feature of auto-installing stdeb
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     Reporter:  daira    |      Owner:  warner
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:  1.11.0
    Component:           |    Version:  1.10.0
  packaging              |   Keywords:  stdeb sdist debian setuptools
   Resolution:  fixed    |  setup_requires packaging
Launchpad Bug:           |
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Comment (by warner):

 (meta: why the heck is trac re-posting my comment-message-triggered
 comments multiple times?)

 Replying to [comment:8 daira]:
 > I'm concerned that the removal of the ``sdist_dsc = update_version
 sdist_dsc`` alias might result in broken packages, if the procedure used
 by packagers was relying on it.

 I checked the Ubuntu .deb packaging, and they don't use sdist_dsc. Same
 with debian/sid. They both use debhelper, which ultimately does `setup.py
 install --force --root=XYZ --no-compile`. I think any other debian-format
 packagers would follow their lead, and not use sdist_dsc either.

 One of the many advantages of letting the professionals take over our
 home-brew debian packages :).

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