Re: [Distutils] Confusion of a hobby programmer

2013-02-18 Thread Paul Moore
On 18 February 2013 19:56, Don Question wrote: > lately i was wondering (again) if i should put my small python projects on > pypi, and reevaluated (again) the required package-format. And quite frankly > im confused (again) as so many times before. I count at least 5 major and 3 You are right, t

Re: [Distutils] Confusion of a hobby programmer

2013-02-18 Thread Daniel Holth
I fell into this trap about a year ago, spending many hours reading documentation and blog posts, trying to use setuptools alternatives / get rid of setup.py. Turns out distribute + setup.py is still the most practical way to go. I approve of http://www.scotttorborg.com/python-packaging/ . It at l

Re: [Distutils] Confusion of a hobby programmer

2013-02-18 Thread Lennart Regebro
OK, let's clear out some confusion. On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Don Question wrote: > * distutils Yes, this is the basic packaging system of Python, included in the standard library. > * setuptools Extends distutils with many useful functions. However it is not under much development. Use

[Distutils] Confusion of a hobby programmer

2013-02-18 Thread Don Question
Hi folks, lately i was wondering (again) if i should put my small python projects on pypi, and reevaluated (again) the required package-format. And quite frankly im confused (again) as so many times before. I count at least 5 major and 3 minor/alternative packaging-systems: * distutils * distuti