On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 02:00:21PM +1300, Greg Ewing wrote: > Joe Smith wrote: > > > Windows and RPM are known for major dependency problems, letting packages > > damage each other, having packages that do not uninstall cleanly (i.e. > > packages that leave junk all over the place) and generally messing the > > sytem > > up quite baddly over time, so that the OS is usually removed and > > re-installed periodically.) > > I'm disappointed that the various Linux distributions > still don't seem to have caught onto the very simple > idea of *not* scattering files all over the place when > installing something.
Well, as an end user, I honestly don't care. I install stuff through apt, it installs the dependencies for me, does basic configuration where applicable (often asking for user-input once, then remembering the settings) and allows me to deinstall when I'm tired of a package. As long as apt handles it, I couldn't care less whether it's installed in separate directories, large bzip2 archives with suitable playmates from mixed ethnicity to improve social contact, or spread out across every 17th byte of a logical volume. As a programmer, I also don't care. I tell distutils which modules/packages, data files and scripts to install, and it does the rest. And that's why I like my Python packages to become .deb's through bdist_deb :) You-think-too-much'ly y'rs, -- 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
