On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:16 AM, David Cournapeau <courn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Darren Dale <dsdal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:03 AM, David Cournapeau <courn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Executable: grin >>> module: grin >>> function: grin_main >>> >>> Executable: grind >>> module: grin >>> function: grind_main >> >> Have you thought at all about operations that are currently performed >> by post-installation scripts? For example, it might be desirable for >> the ipython or MayaVi windows installers to create a folder in the >> Start menu that contains links the the executable and the >> documentation. This is probably a secondary issue at this point in >> toydist's development, but I think it is an important feature in the >> long run. >> >> Also, have you considered support for package extras (package variants >> in Ports, allowing you to specify features that pull in additional >> dependencies like traits[qt4])? Enthought makes good use of them in >> ETS, and I think they would be worth keeping. > > Does this example covers what you have in mind ? I am not so familiar > with this feature of setuptools: > > Name: hello > Version: 1.0 > > Library: > BuildRequires: paver, sphinx, numpy > if os(windows) > BuildRequires: pywin32 > Packages: > hello > Extension: hello._bar > sources: > src/hellomodule.c > if os(linux) > Extension: hello._linux_backend > sources: > src/linbackend.c > > Note that instead of os(os_name), you can use flag(flag_name), where > flag are boolean variables which can be user defined: > > http://github.com/cournape/toydist/blob/master/examples/simples/conditional/toysetup.info > > http://github.com/cournape/toydist/blob/master/examples/var_example/toysetup.info
I should defer to the description of extras in the setuptools documentation. It is only a few paragraphs long: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools#declaring-extras-optional-features-with-their-own-dependencies Darren ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
