At 11:20 AM -0800 2006-11-14, Christopher Barker wrote: >Russell E. Owen wrote: >>Sorry to follow up my own posting, but I found one way to do it: >> >>modify matplotlib's setup.py file to always install dateutil and >>pytz. It turns out normally only installs them if a version doesn't >>already exist. > >I think it's a better idea to build mpkgs of dateutil and pytz, and >put those up on pythonmac also. MPL is a library, not a complete, >stand alone system, it's OK for it to have dependencies, as long as >there is an easy way to find and install them.
I like this idea. >>Perhaps this is a case for installing matplotlib using easy_install instead. > >eggs do have their advantages. I'd still like to see some (even very >minimal) GUI way to install eggs, but until then, it's not that big >deal to install them from the command line. > >We could certainly put binary eggs up on pythonmac too. It's an interesting idea. I've never tried to create a binary egg (though I know how in principal). I'm wondering if there are any gotchas? I'm guessing I'll at least have to modify or create my own setup.py file in many cases -- depending on how many changes are required, that could be a disincentive (though if the original packagers are willing to make their setup.py file egg-friendly, the work could at least be only done once). -- Russell _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
