On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:19:25 -0700, "Sridhar Ratnakumar" > Just throwing out some ideas: > > Wouldn't it be better for package authors to register their packages in > PYPI?
It already exists (be it in command line form). See: http://docs.python.org/distutils/uploading.html > They don't have to upload the entire tarball .. but even giving a > /direct link/ to this would be sufficient. Would providing pypi plugin > that uploads sdist's to SourceForge (or freshmeat, so on) make this > process easier for package authors? Maybe then the network effect will > make setuptools not rely too much on the unreliable download logic .. as > eventually most SF packages would have a download link on PyPI for every > subsequent release. imho the distutils core code is quite good. But it is a little unfriendly to those who don't like command lines (like me - because I can't remember them) I've been tossing around doing a GUI interface for building packages and doing the pypi upload. I think a lot can be done to improve the process too. But you too can play a part to imrove things being at ActiveState.. Why don't you have a look at building in the Python Package Manager into ActivePython. After all, ActivePerl has a package manager.. why can't the same thing be available to python users? Regards David _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
