[debian] Packaging python apps, f.e. pythm (was: Installing *.ipk/*.opk part 1: Dependencies)

[Marcel]

Am Thursday 12 March 2009 23:25:28 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors:
> Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <rask at sygehus.dk> writes:
> >> Nice it would be grat in future if we (debian users) could just add opkg
> >> repos as deb ones...  maybe with different priority... it may be
> >> difficult and risky, but indeed useful!
>
> Wouldn't it be much easier to just create real debian packages?
>
> If you have some example programs I can give examples of how you can
> create unofficial debian packages of those.

Hello list ;),
Hello Timo,

I'd like to package pythm for debian (always copying the svn checkout to 
root at neo: isn't that satisfactory), but the tar.gz only contains a setup.py, 
no autotools-files which is assumed by the debian maint/packaging guide.
How may I approach this?

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Marcel