Ed Leafe wrote: > On Apr 7, 2007, at 9:57 AM, Colin J. Williams wrote: > >> Thanks, I've downloaded the book chapters using svn. I was surprised >> to find a series of OpenOffice files - not the format most Windows >> users are likely to be familiar with. On a quick scan, it is less >> complete than the old HTML file with the old reference. > > I'll let Paul answer this. It's his project. > >> Coming back to Dabo itself, the standard package download uses the >> distutils tools and includes eggs information. I haven't yet sorted >> out the eggs in my mind. > > Eggs are supposed to "just work". You package up your module, and > users can install it with a single command. I agree that they are not > the most intuitive approach, but at least people are working on > improving how they work even more. > >> Should one use SVN to place the Dabo files in site-packages directly >> or under the C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\Dabo-0.7.2s-py2.5.egg >> directory? The eggs info is not updated, thus that the former is >> likely the more appropriate. The eggs directory can be discarded. Is >> that right? > > I would recommend deleting the eggs, and installing the Subversion > folders in site-packages. The two methods don't work together; use > one or the other. I've done that and was able to download dabo OK. > > I've been trying to keep the Wiki (http://dabodev.com/wiki/ > InstallationOnWindows) updated with the latest information for people > installing Dabo; have you looked at it at all? Was it helpful? > Anything you found that was incorrect or out-of-date?
I like the general approach but had some difficulty with the svn downloads. dabodemo now has its own trunk and I can't find daboide. The Wiki says http://svn.dabodev.com/daboide/trunk http://svn.dabodev.com/dabodemo/trunk Colin W. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/dabo-users/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
