rpm generation

[Stefan Seefeld]

hi there,

I'v been looking some more into the rpm generation issues.
The problem of distutils using 'rpm' on RH8 has been addressed
in python 2.2.3, see http://www.python.org/2.2.3/NEWS.txt.

Do you think it is appropriate to require this version ?
(This is only a requirement for the build machine, after all,
as 2.2.3 should be compatible with 2.2.1, which you already
seem to require for the target machine anyways)

Else I'd have to provide a lengthy patch that reimplements
parts of bdist_rpm.

Regards,
		Stefan