Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Numpy-discussion] Announcing toydist, improving distribution and packaging situation

2009-12-29 Thread David Cournapeau
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:27 PM, René Dudfield wrote: > Hi, > > In the toydist proposal/release notes, I would address 'what does > toydist do better' more explicitly. > > > > A big problem for science users is that numpy does not work with > pypi + (easy_install, buildout or pip) and python

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Numpy-discussion] Announcing toydist, improving distribution and packaging situation

2009-12-29 Thread David Cournapeau
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:27 PM, René Dudfield wrote: > Buildout is what a lot of the python community are using now. I would like to note that buildout is a solution to a problem that I don't care to solve. This issue is particularly difficult to explain to people accustomed with buildout in m

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Numpy-discussion] Announcing toydist, improving distribution and packaging situation

2009-12-29 Thread Gael Varoquaux
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:34:44PM +0900, David Cournapeau wrote: > Buildout, virtualenv all work by sandboxing from the system python: > each of them do not see each other, which may be useful for > development, but as a deployment solution to the casual user who may > not be familiar with python,

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Numpy-discussion] Announcing toydist, improving distribution and packaging situation

2009-12-29 Thread Christopher Barker
David Cournapeau wrote: > Buildout, virtualenv all work by sandboxing from the system python: > each of them do not see each other, which may be useful for > development, And certain kinds of deployment, like web servers or installed tools. > but as a deployment solution to the casual user who m

Re: [matplotlib-devel] [Numpy-discussion] Announcing toydist, improving distribution and packaging situation

2009-12-29 Thread David Cournapeau
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:36 AM, René Dudfield wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:34 PM, David Cournapeau wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:27 PM, René Dudfield wrote: >> >>> Buildout is what a lot of the python community are using now. >> >> I would like to note that buildout is a solution t