[Debian trimmed since this is Windows-specific] At 04:33 PM 11/25/2005 +0000, Paul Moore wrote: >On 11/25/05, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 10:28 AM 11/25/2005 -0500, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > > >Actually, I'm increasingly tempted to PEP the idea of a > > >name-version.pkg-info file being installed alongside the code as a > standard > > >Python distutils feature. This discussion has made it clearer (even to > > >me!) how useful such a thing would be, and if it became a standard part of > > >the distutils, it would simply become part of Debian and every other > system > > >packager unless explicitly removed. > > > > Also, it just occurred to me that this would ultimately fix one of Paul > > Moore's complaints about eggs as well. If bdist_wininst included this > > .pkg-info, then even Windows "managed" packages would be supported in this > > scheme, > >That would be a major bonus for me, certainly. > > > and setuptools could include a bdist_wininst that made similar > > .exe's to wrap eggs. > >That would be the other half of the equation. I had avoided suggesting >precisely that, because it's daft of me to expect you to do this work >just to stop me moaning (and installer-writing is enough of a black >art to me that I can't assume it's an easy change to the existing >bdist_wininst code).
Actually, the only thing weighing against it in my priorities is the other half of the equation. Until regular win32.exe's include pkg-info, it doesn't make sense to only half-solve this problem; it's better to focus on improving the egg-centric tools (like easy_install), since these can provide a complete solution, and you're the only person who has said they would rather download and install individual .exe packages than use easy_install to take care of the whole business. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
