Re: [Distutils] Maintaining a curated set of Python packages

On 15 December 2016 at 03:41, Chris Barker wrote: [Barry wrote] >> Ubuntu has an elaborate automated system for testing some dimension of >> compatibility issues between packages, not just Python packages. Debian >> has >> the same system but isn't gated on the results. >

Re: [Distutils] Maintaining a curated set of Python packages

> > > I think it's unfair to describe these efforts as a "kludge"; I was specifically referring to using wheels to deliver C libs-- pip+wheel were not designed for that. But I don't mean to offend, there has been a lot of great work done, and yes, the situation has much improved as a result.

Re: [Distutils] Maintaining a curated set of Python packages

> On Dec 14, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Chris Barker wrote: > > As pointed out by others, there are external groups doing "curating". > conda-forge is one such project, so I'll comment from that perspective: > > > It's difficult because the definition of compatibility is highly

Re: [Distutils] Maintaining a curated set of Python packages

As pointed out by others, there are external groups doing "curating". conda-forge is one such project, so I'll comment from that perspective: It's difficult because the definition of compatibility is highly dependent on > > the consumer's environment. For example, C extension compatibility will