Created attachment 899721 [details] jpype 1.5.0 ebuild I have created an ebuild for jpype, a Python package that allows a Python-Java cross-language bridge to allow Python programs complete access to Java class libraries). Jpype installs a JAR library as a top-level file in Python's site-packages. Such action is blocked by _distutils-r1_post_python_install() in distutils-r1.eclass because JAR files are not explicitly considered valid library files (unlike are .so ones). I argue that distutils-r1.eclass should be patched to allow for JAR libs installs. So far, my workaround is just to overload and nullify _distutils-r1_post_python_install() which works for me but certainly it is not OK for me to push it into GURU as is.
Created attachment 899722 [details, diff] Proposed patch
I suppose that makes sense. However, it will take a while for this to land since we tend to batch patches.
By the way, did you test stuff using JPype further? I'm wondering if that's all the fixes we need.
# Given that org.jpype.jar is a library akin to the (accepted) .so files # the "Stray top-level files in site-packages" in /usr/lib/python3.XX/site-packages/ # maybe should not appply. This feels somehow weird because a jar file isn't a python module. The reason we allow .so files isn't because they are "libraries", it is because .so is the file extension used by python C-API importable modules. In fact, you cannot use them as ordinary C libraries at all. I don't think it makes sense to add a special exception for jar files. If we think that packages may be legitimately storing *data* files at the top level, we should either relax the check in general, or allow adding a suppression variable for packages to suppress this check. Alternatively, jpype could install their *data file* to jpype/org.jpype.jar which would: - avoid cluttering up the top-level namespace a bit (python ecosystem tooling could be a bit happier about this especially pip for install/removal of jpype) - sidestep the distutils-r1.eclass check, or depending on how you look at it, "respect the intent". Another possibility would be to patch it. It looks like the critical bit is here: https://github.com/jpype-project/jpype/blob/653ccffd1df46e4d472217d77f592326ae3d3690/native/common/jp_classloader.cpp#L81 Since an ebuild knows exactly where files will be installed to, we technically don't have to look for data files relative to the imported modules at all -- this data file could be put in /usr/share/jpype/jar-assets/ or wherever you like, as long as the source is patched to respect that. But usually we don't bother with this even though it's basically kind of messy to have data files in site-packages at all. (The python ecosystem loves putting data files in site-packages because of the word "easy". And because when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. In this case, the hammer is the wheel file format.)
*** Bug 937761 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
@Michał: yes, that is the only change that is required. Beyond that, it works flawlessly in my setup.
@Eli: I understand your argument (and, for the record, yes, I abused the term "library" for convenience). Said so, the "easy wheel" approach is so common in the Python universe that patching all packages that follow it due to a simple philosophical question (no matter how very reasonable) seems like fighting a losing battle. Restricting stray files that are an obvious clutter (such as test files as described in https://projects.gentoo.org/python/guide/qawarn.html#stray-top-level-files-in-site-packages) makes total sense but for other types of files, it is a less obvious case. Ultimately, I don't mind patching this particular package myself. My concern now is that this strict Gentoo QA policy may end up creating the need for endless patching from upstream sources that follow an accepted practice in the Python universe.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=31705da10b8165380b2eb7b21da4cffd7d3a1621 commit 31705da10b8165380b2eb7b21da4cffd7d3a1621 Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-08-10 05:33:33 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-09-08 18:21:29 +0000 distutils-r1.eclass: Allow .jar files in sitedir Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/937642 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> eclass/distutils-r1.eclass | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/proj/guru.git/commit/?id=90a7c2f4ffef67f4e3bb00d8473557e19cd303bc commit 90a7c2f4ffef67f4e3bb00d8473557e19cd303bc Author: Ivan Lloro <ivan.lloro.boada@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2024-09-11 09:40:56 +0000 Commit: Ivan Lloro <ivan.lloro.boada@gmail.com> CommitDate: 2024-09-11 13:08:21 +0000 dev-python/jpype: Remove obsolete workaround to distutils-r1.eclass former blocking QA check Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/937642 Signed-off-by: Ivan Lloro <ivan.lloro.boada@gmail.com> dev-python/jpype/jpype-1.5.0.ebuild | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
