Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-11 Thread Steve Spicklemire
Thanks Chris, From earlier in the thread the statement was made: i.e would the same binary wheel work for both? It should, and we will fix issues if they come up. in reference to Windows builds against MSVC 2008. I was asking if this binary compatibility with python.org python also

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-10 Thread Chris Barker
What David said, plus: On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Steve Spicklemire st...@spvi.com wrote: So, related question: Should the Mac binaries also work with the python.org mac build? Not sure what also is respect to, but the pyton.org builds are a good common denominator: The Apple builds

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-09 Thread Steve Spicklemire
So, related question: Should the Mac binaries also work with the python.org mac build? Regarding my quest: I just punted for now (out of time, need something working by Monday). I'm using Christoph Gohlke's binaries for windows (seem to work well!) and cooked up my own custom installer for

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-09 Thread David Cournapeau
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Steve Spicklemire st...@spvi.com wrote: So, related question: Should the Mac binaries also work with the python.org mac build? Binary compatibility is best achieved on windows: the platform makes it easier, and it is so painful to build stuff there that it

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-08 Thread David Cournapeau
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Chris Barker chris.bar...@noaa.gov wrote: On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Steve Spicklemire st...@spvi.com wrote: avoid troubling anyone with pesky questions. In that respect I've apparently failed, because here comes the question! I think this is a use

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-08 Thread David Cournapeau
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Chris Barker chris.bar...@noaa.gov wrote: On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:48 AM, David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.comwrote: We don't use mingw to build packages distributed within canopy (at least not anymore). We build everything with MSVC 2008, as mixing mingw/MSVC

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-08 Thread Steve Spicklemire
This is good news. I'll experiment! thanks, -steve On Jan 8, 2014, at 1:48 PM, David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Chris Barker chris.bar...@noaa.gov wrote: On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:48 AM, David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.com wrote: We don't use

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-08 Thread Chris Barker
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:48 AM, David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.com wrote: We don't use mingw to build packages distributed within canopy (at least not anymore). We build everything with MSVC 2008, as mixing mingw/MSVC often causes trouble. so is Canopy binary-compatible with the python.org

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-08 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 9 January 2014 04:44, Chris Barker chris.bar...@noaa.gov wrote: On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:48 AM, David Cournapeau courn...@gmail.com wrote: We don't use mingw to build packages distributed within canopy (at least not anymore). We build everything with MSVC 2008, as mixing mingw/MSVC often

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-07 Thread Chris Barker
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Steve Spicklemire st...@spvi.com wrote: Thanks Chris for the detailed reply. Well, I'm trying to sort out similar issues myself Right. My impression is/was that python.org/CA/Canopy were all different builds of python that were *not* interoperable. well,

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-06 Thread Chris Barker
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Steve Spicklemire st...@spvi.com wrote: avoid troubling anyone with pesky questions. In that respect I've apparently failed, because here comes the question! I think this is a use case that is quite useful for us all to chew on a bit... 1st -- yes Anaconda

Re: [Distutils] Packaging today

2014-01-06 Thread Steve Spicklemire
Thanks Chris for the detailed reply. On Jan 6, 2014, at 4:55 PM, Chris Barker chris.bar...@noaa.gov wrote: Either/or? As an instructor, I'd recommend you pick one and go with it -- if you need wx, that means Canopy for now. Alternatively, you suggest the python.org builds, and point your