Hi Christoph, I think there are two issues here:
1. People like to install multiple versions of the software on the same machine 2. Python software, pylons included, isn't as stable from version to version as most of the software in Debian stable Although Debian packages are brilliant when you want a system-wide installation of a particular piece of software, they are less good when you want multiple versions of the same software installed on the same machine. A lot of the arguments you've made also make the assumption that any Debian package is going to be stable from one release to the next due to the efforts of the maintainer to ensure a smooth upgrade path. That works fine for system packages but seriously, Python software develops at a much faster rate than say Apache and whilst we try to maintain backward compatibility in Pylons, there are still one or two very small incompatibilities along the 0.9.x branch which I do not believe could easily be solved by a package maintainer because otherwise we would have solved them ourselves in the first place! The truth is that incompatibilities between different versions of Python software aren't *solved* by the packaging mechanism so Debian packages can't be better in that regard than using easy_install. The issue really boils down to which system you understand better. For most people who understand easy_install *and* the Debian package management system, easy_install with workingenv or a virtual Python install is the best approach and the one we will continue to recommend. As I mentioned in my first email though, if you can find a way of neatly packaging a virtual Python install or a workingenv install into a Debian package, that might be a good compromise between the two! Hope that helps, James --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
