id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
1575	pycrypto-2.4 packaging problems	warner	somebody	"[https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/ PyCrypto]-2.4 was [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycrypto/2.4 released] about a week ago (22-Oct-2011). Unfortunately it [https://bugs.launchpad.net/pycrypto/+bug/881130 cannot be installed via easy_install], which also means that running Tahoe's {{{python setup.py build}}} fails if it ever tries to download+install !PyCrypto-2.4 from source. This is a drag.

(note that pycrypto builds find with {{{python setup.py build}}}, and once you've done that, you can build an .egg with the cumbersome {{{python -c ""import setuptools; execfile('setup.py')"" bdist_egg}}}. It's just whatever magic build process that {{{easy_install}}} or setuptools's automatic dependency builder code uses that are failing to do the necessary extra configure step).

Zooko [https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2011-October/006807.html identified] a couple of options:

* host binary eggs of pycrypto-2.4 on tahoe-lafs.org
 * we already do this for pycrypto-2.3, for 8 different platforms (various combinations of OS, python version, and CPU)
* set tahoe's {{{_auto_deps.py}}} dependencies to reject pycrypto-2.4
 * the dependency-specification syntax we use in tahoe's {{{__init__.py}}} doesn't handle ""{{{!=}}}"", even though setuptools does, so it's not as simple as {{{pycrypto != 2.4}}}.
 * one option would be to pin {{{pycrypto == 2.3}}}
 * we don't really want to reject 2.4 since it works fine once it's built. If we were to reject it, e.g. debian packagers would need to patch out that line, as pycrypto-2.4 is already standard in sid

We're still trying to figure out what to do. I'm leaning slightly towards doing the binary-egg thing right now, because 1: we were doing it for the previous version, and 2: it won't mess up debian packaging quite as much. It does mean that we need help from volunteers with various platforms to build those eggs.. we only have access to a limited range.
"	defect	closed	major	1.9.2	packaging	1.9.0b1	duplicate