On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Benjamin Root <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 2:38 PM, David Cournapeau <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Benjamin Root <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I have to wonder why this question keeps coming up. >> >> In general, because the packaging/build infrastructure in python is >> horrible. >> >> However, in this precise case, the issue is simply that numpy 1.4.1 >> does not support python2.7. >> >> cheers, >> >> David > > Hmm, maybe I should phrase my question differently... I meant to ask is if > there is some way that we could > > 1) better discourage the use of these methods
We already discourage them on the ML. But as much as I and other loathe those tools, we should not tell people how to install things or worse prevent people who want to use them from using them. > 2) improve the error messages of failed installation attempts to help users > (maybe have a particular webpage available with FAQ regarding installation > issues and have that URL printed in the case of an installation failure)? I was hoping that ask.scipy.org would do that, but it seems that we have not found a way to "bootstrap" it yet. But actually, I think my original answer is the only reasonable one in the long term. The only way to stop those recurring questions is to fix the tools by creating our own. I would rather spend time working on a solution that makes distutils insanity go away rather than patching things over and over to circumvent a broken framework. cheers, David _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
