Re: [Python-Dev] is anyone using Misc/RPM?

2011-06-13 Thread David Malcolm
On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 15:37 -0500, Benjamin Peterson wrote: If no one is using it, I'd like to delete it. I also don't think we should be in business of distributing distribution specific files. FWIW, Fedora and RHEL don't use this particular .spec file; we roll our own. I can't speak for all

Re: [Python-Dev] is anyone using Misc/RPM?

2011-06-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
I disagree. We certainly include PCbuild/*.vcproj, and Tools/msi, which are also distribution-specific. Likewise, we have plenty of OSX-specific files (including special-casing for specific releases thereof). I should qualify: We shouldn't distribute distribution-specific files for which

Re: [Python-Dev] is anyone using Misc/RPM?

2011-06-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 13.06.2011 18:21, schrieb David Malcolm: On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 15:37 -0500, Benjamin Peterson wrote: If no one is using it, I'd like to delete it. I also don't think we should be in business of distributing distribution specific files. FWIW, Fedora and RHEL don't use this particular .spec

Re: [Python-Dev] is anyone using Misc/RPM?

2011-06-13 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:03:18 +0200 Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de wrote: I disagree. We certainly include PCbuild/*.vcproj, and Tools/msi, which are also distribution-specific. Likewise, we have plenty of OSX-specific files (including special-casing for specific releases thereof).

[Python-Dev] is anyone using Misc/RPM?

2011-06-12 Thread Benjamin Peterson
If no one is using it, I'd like to delete it. I also don't think we should be in business of distributing distribution specific files. -- Regards, Benjamin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org

Re: [Python-Dev] is anyone using Misc/RPM?

2011-06-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 12.06.2011 22:37, schrieb Benjamin Peterson: I also don't think we should be in business of distributing distribution specific files. I disagree. We certainly include PCbuild/*.vcproj, and Tools/msi, which are also distribution-specific. Likewise, we have plenty of OSX-specific files

Re: [Python-Dev] is anyone using Misc/RPM?

2011-06-12 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2011/6/12 Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de: Am 12.06.2011 22:37, schrieb Benjamin Peterson: I also don't think we should be in business of distributing distribution specific files. I disagree. We certainly include PCbuild/*.vcproj, and Tools/msi, which are also distribution-specific.

Re: [Python-Dev] is anyone using Misc/RPM?

2011-06-12 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Benjamin Peterson writes: I should qualify: We shouldn't distribute distribution-specific files for which we don't provide binaries. Probably it belongs in a contrib area of the tree, but one of the things I find really annoying about distros is the way they refuse to use my perfectly good