Re: [Python-Dev] Snap Python for simple distribution across multiple Linux distros

2017-05-25 Thread Martin Wimpress
Hi, On 23/05/17 17:54, Guido van Rossum wrote: I think the I inevitable conclusion is"thanks, but no thanks." Can I ask why this the inevitable conclusion? The Python Foundation make packages for Windows and macOS, why not snaps for Linux? On May 23, 2017 8:05 AM, "

Re: [Python-Dev] Snap Python for simple distribution across multiple Linux distros

2017-05-23 Thread Martin Wimpress
Hi, On 23/05/17 00:56, Matt Billenstein wrote: On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 11:31:42AM +0100, Martin Wimpress wrote: Is there someone here who'd be interested in doing the same for Python? Do snaps support Windows and/or MacOS? You can't install snaps on Windows or macOS. Snaps are

Re: [Python-Dev] Snap Python for simple distribution across multiple Linux distros

2017-05-23 Thread Martin Wimpress
On 23/05/17 09:27, Petr Viktorin wrote: On 05/23/2017 01:34 AM, Brett Cannon wrote: On Tue, 16 May 2017 at 08:08 Martin Wimpress mailto:martin.wimpr...@canonical.com>> wrote: Hi all, I work at Canonical as part of the engineering team developing Ubuntu and Snapcraft [

[Python-Dev] Snap Python for simple distribution across multiple Linux distros

2017-05-16 Thread Martin Wimpress
Hi all, I work at Canonical as part of the engineering team developing Ubuntu and Snapcraft [1] and I'm a long time Python fan :-) We've created snaps, a platform that enables projects to directly control delivery of software updates to users. This video of a lightning talk by dlang developers at