On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Ronald Oussoren <ronaldousso...@mac.com>wrote:
> > On 2 Jun, 2010, at 3:59, Ralf Gommers wrote: > > Hi, > > For numpy and scipy we use bdist_mkg to build dmg installers, and we had a > user complain about a not so informative error message about a missing > System Python. System Python means from python.org instead of Apple > Python, so I can understand the confusion. You can find the details in > http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/ticket/1177. I propose this fix for > plists.py: > > 94c94,99 > < title = u'%s requires %s to install.' % (pkgname, name,) > --- > > # System python can be interpreted as Apple Python, explain this > better > > if name.startswith('System Python'): > > title = u'%s requires %s from www.python.org to install.' % > (pkgname, > > > name[7:],) > > else: > > title = u'%s requires %s to install.' % (pkgname, name,) > > I hope this change can end up in the next bdist_mpkg version. > > Also, it would be helpful to have a correct email address on PyPi. I > contacted Bob Ippolito, who referred me to this list or Ronald Oussoren (of > whom I have no address). > > > r22 in the bdist_mpkg repository will say "python.org Python" instead of > "System Python", and has this list as the e-mail adres. > Thanks for the fix. > > I won't add my name as the maintainer because I don't actively maintain > bdist_mpkg, I don't even use it anymore. > Sure, fair enough. > Too be honest I don't quite understand why anyone still uses it instead of > binary eggs. > There's many reasons not to use eggs (and easy_install), and even the setuptools author says they're not really meant as a distribution but as a deployment tool. See for example http://philikon.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/is-there-a-point-to-distributing-egg-files/ Besides that, bdist_mpkg mostly just works. Cheers, Ralf
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