Debian Python developers, make your packaging concerns known (was: Current distutils-sig discussion on package management)
Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Python distutils-sig group is currently discussing the topic of package management, how setuptools interacts with package managers, and what changes are desirable as a result. URL:http://mid.gmane.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] I urge anyone who's had problems getting Python setuptools and Debian package management working together, to join this discussion so that your issues can be considered in whatever changes ensue. To reiterate: This discussion is happening *now*. If ever you have looked at Python packaging (e.g. distutils or setuptools) and said no, *no*, NO!, then this is the time to get involved so that changes can be made for the better. I have no knowledge of *what* the problems are; I only know that there are people in this group who persistently complain about how Python's current packaging practices are broken with respect to Debian packaging. URL:http://mid.gmane.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Guido van Rossum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:23:26 -0700 I'm back at Google and *really* busy for another week or so, so I'll have to postpone the rest of this discussion for a while. If other people want to chime in please do so; if this is just a dialog between Phillip and me I might incorrectly assume that nobody besides Phillip really cares. Please, if you have suggestions for what Python packaging could do better, and improve Debian packaging of Python packages, *now* is the time to join that discussion over at the distutils-sig. -- \ “I was gratified to be able to answer promptly and I did. I | `\ said I didn't know.” —Mark Twain, _Life on the Mississippi_ | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian Python developers, make your packaging concerns known (was: Current distutils-sig discussion on package management)
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Python distutils-sig group is currently discussing the topic of package management, how setuptools interacts with package managers, and what changes are desirable as a result. URL:http://mid.gmane.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] I urge anyone who's had problems getting Python setuptools and Debian package management working together, to join this discussion so that your issues can be considered in whatever changes ensue. To reiterate: This discussion is happening *now*. If ever you have looked at Python packaging (e.g. distutils or setuptools) and said no, *no*, NO!, then this is the time to get involved so that changes can be made for the better. I have no knowledge of *what* the problems are; I only know that there are people in this group who persistently complain about how Python's current packaging practices are broken with respect to Debian packaging. URL:http://mid.gmane.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Guido van Rossum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:23:26 -0700 I'm back at Google and *really* busy for another week or so, so I'll have to postpone the rest of this discussion for a while. If other people want to chime in please do so; if this is just a dialog between Phillip and me I might incorrectly assume that nobody besides Phillip really cares. Please, if you have suggestions for what Python packaging could do better, and improve Debian packaging of Python packages, *now* is the time to join that discussion over at the distutils-sig. Thanks for letting us know. I also don't know what the particular problems are, my only experience was with the initial packaging of python-enthought-traits + mayavi2 where I was unable to force setuptools not to download stuff from the net, so I simply asked upstream to provide me a simple script to do the whole compilation+installation of all python files+modules. Then the packaging was dead easy. And Varun and Kmap then fixed it with the help of upstream, so now even the build script is not necessary anymore. Ondrej -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Current distutils-sig discussion on package management
Howdy all, The Python distutils-sig group is currently discussing the topic of package management, how setuptools interacts with package managers, and what changes are desirable as a result. URL:http://mid.gmane.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Phillip J. Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL:http://mid.gmane.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Guido van Rossum [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL:http://mid.gmane.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jeff Rush [EMAIL PROTECTED] I urge anyone who's had problems getting Python setuptools and Debian package management working together, to join this discussion so that your issues can be considered in whatever changes ensue. -- \ If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we | `\ despise, we don't believe in it at all. -- Noam Chomsky | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]