Ryan Lovett wrote: > On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 02:00:14PM +0200, Alain Spineux wrote: >> Don't forget your package is already included in some distribution >> and then widely available. > > Given that python-ldap is packaged by almost everyone, (excluding > Microsoft, Apple, and Sun) what is there to gain with this binary > distribution effort? Would anyone using Debian/Ubuntu, Red Hat/Fedora, > SuSE, Mandriva, etc. require this project to distribute .egg files? I ask > out of genuine curiosity, not to dissuade whoever is interested from > pursuing this. I have no experience with using .eggs.
Good question. The problem is that setuptools won't detect python-ldap installed from distro (it's not recorded in .pth files) and this prevents developers from declaring their projects' requirements in setup.py. Providing the URL to the python-ldap download page doesn't help because at the moment the source code has to be configured manually before build. I personally would prefer to build an .egg from source because python-ldap is packaged differently across the distros. For example in Debian it is linked against gnutls rather than openssl. So, this is mostly a setuptools'/distribution problem. -- Timur Izhbulatov OILspace, 26 Leninskaya sloboda, bld. 2, 2nd floor, 115280 Moscow, Russia P:+7 495 105 7245 + ext.205 F:+7 495 105 7246 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Building Successful Supply Chains - One Solution At A Time. www.oilspace.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Python-LDAP-dev mailing list Python-LDAP-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/python-ldap-dev
