Alexander Larsson

That seems weird. Sources of type "dir" just does a cp -r of the directory into the build-dir. There is nothing git specific in that code.

See also https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/39

_From @bochecha on December 19, 2016 18:10_ > Though some projects don't have an exectuable setup.py so there would have to be another variable for python2 vs python3 in that...

_From @TingPing on December 19, 2016 22:26_ Possible. @alexlarsson also mentioned the idea of a "simple" buildsystem type where you just directly give it the configure and make commands which...

Yes, having a buildsystem type that basically does nothing, but lets you list some commandlines to run, similar to post-install, or maybe even actually use post-install.

_From @TheBiggerGuy on January 25, 2017 8:13_ For reference I have found this the most effect pattern for Python packages. ```json { "name": "cheetah", "no-autogen": true, "sources": [ { "type":...

Alternatively we could have a buildsystem: "simple", which just lets you type in an array of commands to run.

_From @TingPing on January 26, 2017 9:12_ Python modules are fairly common to the point where a built-in option for it would be nice though.

_From @bochecha on January 26, 2017 10:26_ > Python modules are fairly common to the point where a built-in option for it would be nice though. Except some work with...

So, who wants to do "buildsystem": "simple"? :)