Package for Debian (apt)

[maltfield]

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This ticket is a request to package rinohtype into a new package for Debian and Debian-derived systems, such that rinohtype can be installed on Debian-based systems with the following command:

sudo apt-get install python3-rinohtype

[brechtm]

I'm afraid I cannot spend time on (helping) to provide packages for all the different package managers out there. Especially since Python comes with its own perfectly capable packaging system. More info in https://github.com/brechtm/rinohtype/issues/448#issuecomment-3382876373.

[maltfield]

I cannot spend time

@brechtm you are not allowed to package things in Debian. Debian has volunteer package maintainers, so this would be reaching out to them and asking them to package this python module in apt for the community of rinohtype users

Python comes with its own perfectly capable packaging system

I'd argue this is not the case. Pip is horribly insecure.

It's much more secure to install python modules with apt than pip, due to the fact that pip doesn't verify the authenticity of anything that it downloads with cryptographic signatures. This means that, unlike apt (which has required authenticating everything it downloads since 2005), it is safer to obtain python modules with apt than with pip.

[brechtm]

I have to choose my battles since I have little time to work on rinohtype. You are welcome to reach out to Debian package maintainers to request a rinohtype package.

[maltfield]

@brechtm that's reasonable. Would you mind

1. removing the tag wontfix and
2. re-open this issue, then?

...Since that's more indicating to contributors that it's something this project is open-to?