At 11:00 PM 11/5/2009 +0000, Ram Rachum wrote:
Lennart Regebro <regebro <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> 2009/11/5 Ram Rachum <cool-rr <at> cool-rr.com>:
> > Why only if there's C code?
>
> Because in general you want to compile the code on the system when
> it's Linux or osx etc. It works better, and you don't have to provide
> both 32bit and 64 bit versions and yadayada.
>
> > I personally find it more convenient to install binaries than
from source.
>
> Why?
>
Because it requires less work on the user's side.
Not for people using easy_install or its derivatives (like pip and
buildout). easy_install-based tools work as easily with source as binaries.
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