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

2017-05-25 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 25 May 2017 at 20:32, Martin Wimpress wrote: > 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

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, "Martin Wimpress"

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

2017-05-23 Thread Nathaniel Smith
Well, it sounds like you have an answer to the question of whether the cpython developers are interested in making official snap releases, but of course this doesn't stop you making unofficial snap releases, and simple standalone python distributions can be pretty handy. I just wanted to point out

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

2017-05-23 Thread Guido van Rossum
I think the I inevitable conclusion is"thanks, but no thanks." On May 23, 2017 8:05 AM, "Martin Wimpress" wrote: > 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

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

2017-05-23 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Mon, 22 May 2017 23:56:43 + 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? If you want a package manager

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 currently

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 > wrote: Hi all, I work at Canonical as part of the engineering team developing

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

2017-05-23 Thread Freddy Rietdijk
In my opinion the trend of creating these standalone packages is pretty bad. Developers that choose to support these kind of packages become responsible not only for the code they distribute, but also for whether the dependencies that are bundled in such a standalone package are up to date and

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

2017-05-23 Thread Petr Viktorin
On 05/23/2017 01:34 AM, Brett Cannon wrote: On Tue, 16 May 2017 at 08:08 Martin Wimpress > wrote: Hi all, I work at Canonical as part of the engineering team developing Ubuntu and Snapcraft [1] and I'm a long

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

2017-05-23 Thread Matt Billenstein
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? m -- Matt Billenstein m...@vazor.com http://www.vazor.com/ ___

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

2017-05-22 Thread Brett Cannon
On Tue, 16 May 2017 at 08:08 Martin Wimpress wrote: > 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 >

[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