On 20/03/2008, Jeff Rush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Moore wrote: > > On 20/03/2008, zooko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. No integration with the system packager (Windows, in my case). If I > > do easy_install nose, then nose does not show up in add/remove > > programs. That significantly affects the way I manage my PC. > > > Part of this stems from stretching of the original mission of setuptools, to > install modules for Python, into a general-purpose application installation > tool. The buildout tool is more suited for application installation, > although > not ideal yet. > > In your scenario, what happens when one egg pulls in another and another, > until you have a hundred entries in your add/remove menu? And you don't > understand the inter-relationship of those so you cannot do a clean > uninstall?
I don't let it. As I've said elsewhere, I prefer to manage dependencies myself, manually. Anything with that many dependencies shouldn't be using the system Python, in my view. It should be packaged as a standalone application (py2exe style) and as such have a single add/remove entry (and no effect on the system Python). > Similarly, or what do you want to appear in that add/remove menu when you are > using independent sandboxes with various applications in them, some of which > are accessible only to specific users who are not admins on that box? Independent sandboxes isn't a concept I can relate to under Windows. That doesn't mean it's not possible (I don't know if it is) I just don't have any useful comment to make, beyond saying that I personally don't care what happens in that situation. Paul. _______________________________________________ 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
