2012/3/15 PJ Eby <p...@telecommunity.com>: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If there's a binary egg available, how do I know whether it's needed >> without trying a source install and seeing if it works? > > > The egg will have a platform string in its name in that case. Otherwise, > it'll be just package-version-pyX.X.egg. > > (Actually, on reflection, I'm not sure I understand your question: "needed" > relative to what? to downloading the source version?)
Correct. In the context of "I'll use source if I can". I "need" a binary if there are C files to compile (even for things like optional speedup code). I guess there's an implied requirement that I can tell what I "need" just by inspection of the types of distribution available.because obviously there's always the option of trying a source install and seeing how it works. In a wider sense, I'm thinking about how something like "pysetup install" should work if binary formats are supported. If a package supplies source, and a variety of eggs, but not wininst or new-format package, then what should pysetup install (or the user, if auto-conversion isn't implemented) choose? From what you say above, the answer appears to be "the egg if its name has a platform string, otherwise the source". That's basically what I was getting at. Thanks, Paul. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
