Paul, On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:07:20 +0100, Paul Boddie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The question that's on my mind here, and which I haven't really seen a >> solid answer to in the various threads, is which parts of CPAN people >> seem to want. The original post mainly seemed to be concerned with >> saying "install this" and having it automagically work, dependencies >> and all, which is much less a PyPI issue and much more a "sort out the >> packaging and installation tools" issue than a PyPI issue.
I think the general jist of the original "People want CPAN" post by Guido was just a request for a smoother user experience for users. Of course, CPAN isn't perfect. And dependencies are just one issue. I agree with your points on windows users having admin access. It is a little strange. David _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig
