On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > And maybe all that needs to be is a gitHub project with build scripts. > But I > > had little luck in getting any traction that way. That is, until we had > > Anaconda, conda and binstar --- an infrastructure that provides a way > for > > folks to collaborate on this kind of ugly package building effort. > > Yeah, it's all about getting people interested. I wish the github > project model would work (it did for msys2) but just wishing doesn't > help much. > well, to be fair, critical mass is key -- and I did not get far in generating that critical mass myself. If a couple dedicated people were to start such a project, and get it far enough that is was really easy for new folks to jump in and grab what they need -- it might keep rolling. > Let me ask a different question, then. If I wanted to get hold of > (say) libraries for libyaml, libxml2, and maybe a few others (libxpm?) > is the conda work of any use for me? I don't want to build conda > packages, or depend on them, I just want to grab Python-compatible > libraries that I can link into my extension wheel build, or into my > application that embeds Python. Ideally, I'd want static libs, but I > understand that conda doesn't go that route (at the moment, at least). > Even if it's just for me to better understand how conda works, is > there an easy to follow guide I could read to see how the conda build > of libyaml works? (I assume there must *be* a conda build of libyaml, > as conda includes pyyaml which uses libyaml...) > Here's the trick -- as far as I know, a conda binary package itself does not include the recipe used to build it. So the question is: has someone published the conda recipe ( conda uses a build dir with a bunch of stuff in it, yaml, shell scripts, what have you ) for that package? if so, then yes, it's easy to go in a look at it and see how it's done. As far as I can tell, Continuum does not publish the build scripts used to build all the stuff in Anaconda. But they do host: https://github.com/conda/conda-recipes though it's not in the least bit complete or particularly maintained. (I don't see libxml in there). There is also a growning community of folks developing and maintaining conda recipes for all sorts of stuff -- much of it on gitHub: https://github.com/ioos/conda-recipes is one example. (those are all getting built and pushed to binstar too). I suspect the answer is "no, conda's not designed to support that use > case". Which is fine - but a shame. it would be nice if a conda package got a copy of its build recipe embedded in it. > The "github project with build > scripts" approach could potentially allow *more* users of the builds > and libraries, And that, in a nutshell is the problem (on Windows, at > least) - the community of people developing builds of common Unix > tools and libraries is completely fragmented - msys2, conda, mingw, > yes, it sure is. Anyway, I feel like we're now going round in circles. It's a hard > (social) issue, and I don't feel like I have any answers, really. > me neither -- come on -- someone give us the answer! -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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