Angelos Tzotsos

Both RPM and Debian packaging is more strict and provide a better integration with the OS, thus more stable than pip.

I see in `setup.py` that installing the package requires 3 other packages https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/setup.py#L40 but `requirements.txt` has more than 3. I guess setup.py includes the absolute minimal?

Yes, all the dependencies have to be packaged too.

Hi all, Initial packages for mappyfile are now available on: https://launchpad.net/~gcpp-kalxas/+archive/ubuntu/ubuntugis/+packages Testing on Ubuntu Bionic:  Here is the error I get: 

I realized that I had a previous version of lark-parser, I will update.

Packages are created and uploaded manually on distributions like openSUSE, Debian and Ubuntu. On every new release, packagers need to handle this process.

@tigerfoot do you have a working spec file for Mappyfile? I cannot see the project in https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/Application:Geo or the staging area.

@geographika @tomkralidis packages now available in UbuntuGIS experimental ppa: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntu/ubuntugis-experimental/+packages Please test.

both options look fine to me :)

Hi, This is the dependency chain in debian control file: ``` Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, python (>=2.7), python-jsonschema, python-jsonref, python-lark-parser, debconf ``` so this dependency comes from another package. Regarding your...