On 24 juin 2013, at 23:24, Tres Seaver <[email protected]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/24/2013 05:06 PM, Reinout van Rees wrote: > >> Uninstalling distribute? Nice for those with the distribute they got >> from their Ubuntu package... > > Those users need to be lobbying their distro to release a > 'python-setuptools' 0.7.x package to get them out of the dead end they > are in. I'm sorry but... Do we really need the distributions to be updated to have "normal users" able to use buildout? I don't want to start a flame war, but the release/merge of setuptools/distribute gave many users bad headaches. The recent activity on setuptools is really great. The merge was the best thing that could have happened. But honestly, our team already having lost several days of work because of the 0.7 release that didn't work (because of distribute or many different things), when you say "please wait 4 months that a new major release of Ubuntu is out (because I don't think they'll switch so easily to new setuptools in a minor release) so that your users can use buildout", i'm getting mad. I haven't said anything until now, because I know it's *hard* to make this work and be released as expected. But please, take into consideration that the vast majority of setuptools/distribute users don't give a shit about this (most of them don't even know what it is), but they just want something that works without having to loose half a day. Ideally, it should be completely transparent for the user. In the worst case, he should have to do something trivial. I still feel that there is no good reason not to release (for real, i.e on the cheeseshop and so on) a dummy distribute 0.7 depending on setuptools 0.7. Maybe I missed a point? Would it break even more things? Cedric > >> Distribute deprecated and must-be-eradicated? Well, the same was said >> of the virtually unmaintained setuptools. Remember the >> use-pip-plus-distribute soviet-style propaganda images? > > I remember the propaganda, but never bought it. People who *do* buy into > propaganda have some reponsibility for the consequences, no? > >> I don't know why distribute users should bear the pain caused by the >> bad original maintainership of setuptools... > > I think you are missing the point: a distribute 0.7 meta-release is > *for* those users, because it allows them to upgrade from distribute > 0.6.x into the brave new post-merge world. Jason says that there are > some reports that pip cannot upgrade to distribute 0.7.x: I cannot > reproduce that myself. > > > Tres. > - -- > =================================================================== > Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 [email protected] > Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlHIuQMACgkQ+gerLs4ltQ6q7QCffHjoMMTnnM/D9HFRCtydjWX2 > +IsAn26vmw71lGX/Q8HexN+xnGqntSnx > =6gux > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Buildout Development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
