On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 12:26:17PM +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to focus attention on these distribution formats > that distutils is missing:
[snip] > bdist_pkgtool: > Package format used on Solaris > There was a code contribution by Mark Alexander for this, but it had > to be removed due to licensing issues: > > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/python/python/dist/src/Lib/distutils/command/Attic/ > > bdist_sdux: > Package format used on HP-UX > Same issues as with bdist_pkgtool. While I'm now employed where I could probably re-implement those without any licensing issues, I no longer need them nor do I have any HP or Sun boxes to beat about with them. I'd be willing to help if someone else's interested, but the previous implementation was left with my previous employer. I agree that Distutils support for these is key to broader acceptance of Python. As a former-proprietary-enterprise-sysadmin, having something that integrates with the native package manager beats the CPAN approach hands down for sw inventory and configuration management. mwa -- Mark W. Alexander [EMAIL PROTECTED] The contents of this message authored by Mark W. Alexander are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license. Copyright of quoted materials, if any, are retained by the original author(s). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
