On Dec 24, 2009, at 2:02 AM, Lennart Regebro wrote: > On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 06:06, sstein...@gmail.com <sstein...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Right now, installing e.g. Twisted, requires finding the website, figuring >> out which exact file to download, then figuring out exactly how to get it >> installed. > > Nope. > >> # super-duper-python-thing-just-like-cpan-only-better -i Twisted >> >> Should do it > > $ /opt/python26/bin/virtualenv twist
[snip] Ok, so easy_install works for Twisted. Yay. > Installed > /tmp/twist/lib/python2.6/site-packages/zope.interface-3.5.3-py2.6-linux-i686.egg > Finished processing dependencies for Twisted > > Done! > >> At least that's what I get from all this... > > We have *that*. Two versions of it even, as pip would likely work as well. Ok, there's easy_install, the direct download route, and pip. I think that's exactly *not*: # super-duper-python-thing-just-like-cpan-only-better -i Twisted And, I picked Twisted 'cause it was already in the discussion. There are at least three ways to install it and I'm really concerned that what you just seemed to suggest was that the much-maligned-and-soon-to-be-deprecated `easy_install` is the `super-duper-python-thing-just-like-cpan-only-better` of today? S _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
