Q: advice on publishing Python code that depends on libseccomp

[jfly]

As far as I can tell, libseccomp's Python library is not distributed on pypi.org. It is available through various package managers (such as nixpkgs and the AUR).

I'm building a Python library that depends on the libseccomp Python library. I'd like to publish it to pypi.org. Do you have any advice for how I should do that? Things I've learned:

• IIUC, pypi.org doesn't it if you try to publish a package that depends on a package not in pypi: https://discuss.python.org/t/packages-installed-from-pypi-cannot-depend-on-packages-which-are-not-also-hosted-on-pypi/3736
• There's a discussion about this here: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/m50llv/how_to_use_python_libraries_effectively_when_they/, which mentions guestfs-python and bcc. tl;dr: it looks like guestfs has documented a workaround, but bcc does not.
• I stumbled across the pyseccomp package which is on pypi.org. I suppose that would work for me, but it looks like it's maintained by a third party and is out of date.

Thanks in advance!

[rusty-snake]

(Related: #61)

[pcmoore]

Hi @jfly, this is something that @drakenclimber and I have discussed and in addition to the link that @rusty-snake already provided, you'll notice that @drakenclimber has been doing some work here with #467. Unfortunately, that doesn't provide you with a good, immediate answer, but it is something we are working on :)