[Trac] Re: Dumb python package question
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Roger Oberholtzer roger.oberholt...@gmail.com wrote: My Trac packages are installed in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages When I do an update of a package (python setup.py install), I see that I get a new .egg (file or directory), but the old one is also still present. In Trac admin, I only see the most recent one. My question is: 1) Should I be using something other than python setup.py install when doing an update? 2) What is the best/correct way to remove the obsolete eggs? That goes beyond the scope of Trac itself and is related to setuptools . - The simple answer is «today there's no way to remove packages installed using setuptools or easy_install». - The continuation is «Python devs are working on that and many other things in the upcoming Distribute module». - My suggestion is «if package is available in your OS pkg manager (e.g. apt on Debian, rpm on RH, ...) then use it » - Open issues «when Trac will take benefit of all these improvements ?» «what changes are needed ?» ... I just don't know :-/ -- Regards, Olemis. Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/ Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/ Featured article: Looking for a technique to create flexible, graphical dashboards ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TracGViz-full/~3/QO5N8AG0NnM/d6e3b3fd323d5b52 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Trac Users group. To post to this group, send email to trac-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to trac-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Trac] Re: Dumb python package question
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 09:18:25AM -0500, Olemis Lang wrote: On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Roger Oberholtzer roger.oberholt...@gmail.com wrote: My Trac packages are installed in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages When I do an update of a package (python setup.py install), I see that I get a new .egg (file or directory), but the old one is also still present. In Trac admin, I only see the most recent one. My question is: 1) Should I be using something other than python setup.py install when doing an update? 2) What is the best/correct way to remove the obsolete eggs? That goes beyond the scope of Trac itself and is related to setuptools . - The simple answer is «today there's no way to remove packages installed using setuptools or easy_install». No easy way, at least. You can always edit easy_install.pth and remove the eggs with rm - The continuation is «Python devs are working on that and many other things in the upcoming Distribute module». - My suggestion is «if package is available in your OS pkg manager (e.g. apt on Debian, rpm on RH, ...) then use it » - Open issues «when Trac will take benefit of all these improvements ?» «what changes are needed ?» ... I just don't know :-/ -- Regards, Olemis. Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/ Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/ Featured article: Looking for a technique to create flexible, graphical dashboards ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TracGViz-full/~3/QO5N8AG0NnM/d6e3b3fd323d5b52 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Trac Users group. To post to this group, send email to trac-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to trac-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Trac] Re: Dumb python package question
On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 09:18 -0500, Olemis Lang wrote: That goes beyond the scope of Trac itself and is related to setuptools . - The simple answer is «today there's no way to remove packages installed using setuptools or easy_install». - The continuation is «Python devs are working on that and many other things in the upcoming Distribute module». - My suggestion is «if package is available in your OS pkg manager (e.g. apt on Debian, rpm on RH, ...) then use it » - Open issues «when Trac will take benefit of all these improvements ?» «what changes are needed ?» ... I just don't know :-/ So there is no trouble with just leaving these in place? Does Trac only use the ones defined in easy-install.pth? That file does keep up with what I have installed. -- Roger Oberholtzer --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Trac Users group. To post to this group, send email to trac-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to trac-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Trac] Re: Dumb python package question
On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 10:20 -0400, Jeff Hammel wrote: No easy way, at least. You can always edit easy_install.pth and remove the eggs with rm The obsolete eggs are not in easy_install.pth. Only the most recent installed version. Only the eggs themselves remain. -- Roger Oberholtzer --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Trac Users group. To post to this group, send email to trac-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to trac-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Trac] Re: Dumb python package question
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Roger Oberholtzer roger.oberholt...@gmail.com wrote: So there is no trouble with just leaving these in place? Does Trac only use the ones defined in easy-install.pth? That file does keep up with what I have installed. Yes, there's no trouble with leaving them in place. There's also no trouble with removing them on the filesystem. They're ignored unless they're in easy-install.pth. egj --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Trac Users group. To post to this group, send email to trac-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to trac-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
