Re:Python Packaging: Hate, hate, hate everywhere
by jeramey on Friday June 22, 2012 @12:22PM
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Also look at fpm: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/wiki
This sysadmin uses it frequently and it's a big time-saver for many software packages.
Not so much any more - for some platforms, anyway: http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2010/01/msg00007.html