On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 11:16:32AM -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote: > Well, just like Java, if you have pure Python code, why should a > developer have to duplicate the busy-work of creating distributions > for different platforms? (Especially since there are so many different > target platforms -- RPM, .deb, Windows, MSI, Mac, fink, and what have > you -- I'm no expert but ISTM there are too many!)
Actually, that's where distutils and bdist_* comes in. Mr. Random Developer writes a regular distutils setup.py, and I can install the latest, not-quite-in-apt version by doing 'setup.py bdist_deb' and installing the resulting .deb. Very convenient for both parties ;) -- Thomas Wouters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file to help me spread! _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
