On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:26 AM, David Lyon <david.l...@preisshare.net>wrote:
> > Hi All, > > Here's a package installation error message that's just plain scary > for the average user. > > imho Distutils should have checks to stock packages requiring a C > compiler from being uploaded. It isn't "right" to expect that > from users. ie They should get the .pyd files. That's not distutils fault, neither easy_install one. "appscript" should provide a binary distribution for Windows (it does for Mac OS if you look at the pypi repo) Since it doesn't, easy_install grabs the source distro, which is the best behavior I can think of, then tries to compile it. The error message is pretty explicit by the way Tarek -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org
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