.tar.gz file not correct for notary about convergence HOT 6 CLOSED

In order to get more flexible system with clear structure and not to install anything that is out of repositories of my linux distributive I have done the following:
checked out the current git version
run needed scripts in /server
and afterwards -- sudo python2.7 ./convergence-notary.py -p 8490 -s 8494 -c ./mynotary.pem -k ./mynotary.key -f

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I also had to change the setup.py script to not delete the "build" directory right after it created it; then you may set a local PYTHONPATH and PATH and use the instructions (and/or what manpages says).

You also need the "python-json" package on Debian (at least wheezy).

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@meejah, in my opinion it's totally normal that a piece of software in pre-beta must be tweaked somehow in order to be properly installed.
I still can't see the issue here. Please tell what exactly works wrong if you check out the plain 0.03 version or else close the issue.

Jonns Mostovoys
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I guess this is just an "instructions on the wiki are wrong" bug (needs python-json added to apt-get line, and the suggested download isn't packaged as advertised) -- I just noticed I can actually edit it, so I did that.

From git, the only issue is that "python setup.py build" doesn't work like expected (as in: like nearly every other setuptools thing I've built) in that it immediately deletes the "build" directory. In my fork, I moved the wiki instructions to a README.md, fixed them and fixed the setup.py. I don't know how the distribution (.tar.gz) is created.

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@meejah: send a pull request on the setup.py issue if you've already fixed it. You're right, the build stage shouldn't delete the build folder, only the install and clean stages.

I'm not sure why you need to keep that around though, if you install convergence that folder isn't needed anymore. If you don't want to do a global install, look into virtualenv for a better handing of the path-related bits.

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Okay, I'll put in a request.

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