(I'll be CC'ing the distutils sig in to these replies as this discussion
probably belongs there...)
Nicolas Chauvat wrote:
The slides for my two talks can be found here:
http://www.simplistix.co.uk/presentations
"Python Package Management Sucks"
Install debian and get back to productive tasks.
This is an almost troll-like answer.
See page 35 of the presentation.
If you're too lazy, here's a re-hash:
- there are lots of different operating systems
- even with Linux, there are many different package management systems
- all the package management systems behave differently and expect
packages to be set up differently for them
- expecting package developers to shoulder this burden is unfair and
results in various bitrotting repackaged versions of python packages
rather than just one up-to-date version maintained by the entity
originating the python package
- Adobe Photoshop Plugins, Firefox Add-ons, etc do not delegate their
management to an OS package manager. Packages are Python's "plugins" and
so should get the same type of consistent, cross-platform package
management targetted at the application in question, which is Python in
this case.
cheers,
Chris
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Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting
- http://www.simplistix.co.uk
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