On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:57 AM, James Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:31 AM, mrts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> * create a central app index à la Cheeseshop > > Doesn't the Cheese Shop already exist? > >> * create an automated system similar to easy_install for installing >> apps from >> o that central repository > > "easy_install django-registration" works fine for me right now. Why > not encourage people to use standard Python practices for packaging > and distribution?
So, if TurboGears hasn't rewritten setuptools, I think there's probably a reason. They aren't idiots, and they're much better at this packaging and dependency stuff than we are. >> o either globally to Python packages -- *but under django namespace! >> * >> o or locally into a concrete project > > Does anybody else actually do this? Last I checked, Pylons, TurboGears > and Zope apps didn't install or need to be installed into > framework-specific locations. Django applications are just Python > modules, and that's a *strength* from where I sit. 100% with James here. I had a discussion about namespace packages [1] with Mark Ramm at PyCon, and hist short answer was "don't do it, it isn't worth it". Seeing as he's the maintainer of TurboGears and probably knows setuptools about as well as anyone, I'd tend to trust him on that one. I understand the appeal, but the consequences aren't worth it. Joseph [1] http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools#namespace-packages --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
