Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-25 Thread Tibor Arpas
Vista and extensions for simplejson and other libraries give me headaches all the time too. Anyway. I think the simplejson library was included in the python 2.6 under the name json. Creating quite a mess because there is already json in python.org/pypi, but different one. Probably the best would

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-25 Thread Rod Morison
Agreed on all counts. In _my_ case the problem was a setup bug when simplejson can't find the cl.exe compiler on windows (as posted here previously.) Tibor Arpas wrote: Vista and extensions for simplejson and other libraries give me headaches all the time too. Anyway. I think the

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-25 Thread Bob Ippolito
If someone submits a patch to simplejson to resolve any of these stupid Windows issues, it will be accepted. I don't personally care for Windows so I don't test it there, the current state of Windows support in simplejson is the way it is because that's what was contributed to me. If someone

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-25 Thread Rod Morison
I might try to tackle this once I get through some higher order business. No promises, though. Bob Ippolito wrote: If someone submits a patch to simplejson to resolve any of these stupid Windows issues, it will be accepted. I don't personally care for Windows so I don't test it there, the

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-25 Thread Mike Orr
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Tibor Arpas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vista and extensions for simplejson and other libraries give me headaches all the time too. Anyway. I think the simplejson library was included in the python 2.6 under the name json. Creating quite a mess because there is

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-25 Thread Ben Bangert
On Nov 25, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Mike Orr wrote: Is it possible to limit a dependency to certain versions of Python? It should be. Setup.py is just a Python file, I don't see why I can't test the Python version and toggle the dependencies. Any code in Pylons using simplejson will need a

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-25 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Ben Bangert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 25, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Mike Orr wrote: Is it possible to limit a dependency to certain versions of Python? It should be. Setup.py is just a Python file, I don't see why I can't test the Python version and toggle

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-25 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Bob Ippolito [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Ben Bangert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 25, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Mike Orr wrote: Is it possible to limit a dependency to certain versions of Python? It should be. Setup.py is just a

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-25 Thread Mike Orr
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Ben Bangert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 25, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Mike Orr wrote: Is it possible to limit a dependency to certain versions of Python? It should be. Setup.py is just a Python file, I don't see why I can't test the Python version and toggle

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-25 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Mike Orr wrote: On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Ben Bangert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 25, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Mike Orr wrote: Is it possible to limit a dependency to certain versions of Python? It should be. Setup.py is just a Python file, I don't see why I can't

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-24 Thread Philip Jenvey
On Nov 23, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Rod Morison wrote: I'm starting a new project and am trying to install Pylons 0.9.7 on a fresh install of Windows Vista/64 with Python 2.6. Easy install quits on an error installing simplejson. snip building 'simplejson._speedups' extension error: Setup

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-24 Thread Rod Morison
setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg Philip Jenvey wrote: On Nov 23, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Rod Morison wrote: I'm starting a new project and am trying to install Pylons 0.9.7 on a fresh install of Windows Vista/64 with Python 2.6. Easy install quits on an error installing simplejson. snip

simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-23 Thread Rod Morison
I'm starting a new project and am trying to install Pylons 0.9.7 on a fresh install of Windows Vista/64 with Python 2.6. Easy install quits on an error installing simplejson. I see a thread on the subject

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-23 Thread Dalius Dobravolskas
Hi, building 'simplejson._speedups' extension error: Setup script exited with error: None It failed to build speedups. The main point is that speedups are not required and you can avoid them. Try to follow this advice: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/python/635113#635113 I don't

Re: simplejson install error, need help

2008-11-23 Thread Rod Morison
Solved! (though with a wrinkle) I went ahead and installed Visual Studio 2008 and ran the easy install from a vs2008 shell (i.e., ran C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat in the shell before the easy install). simplejson _was_ able to install, I