Re: [Python-Dev] Impact of Windows PowerShell OneGet ?

2014-10-30 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Glenn Linderman wrote: > (I'm actually not sure if *nix package managers allow multiple repositories > or not, but from the way people talk about them, it always sounds like a > "distribution" also provides "a repository" of additional packages). I'm fairly sure t

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of C compilers for Python on Windows

2014-10-30 Thread R. David Murray
On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:33:06 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/29/2014 4:05 PM, Paul Moore wrote: > > On 29 October 2014 15:31, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > >>> You can use Express editions of Visual Studio. > >> > >> IIUC, the express edition compilers are 32-bit only, and what you actually > >> wan

Re: [Python-Dev] Impact of Windows PowerShell OneGet ?

2014-10-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 29.10.14 20:34, schrieb Glenn Linderman: > New package manager from M$... article here > . I've looked at it, but only by reading its code, not trying it out. Some notes. First, what is Chocolatey? It's a

Re: [Python-Dev] Impact of Windows PowerShell OneGet ?

2014-10-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Most likely, OneGet won't replace pip/PyPI, any more than apt or yum > does; but it may be worth having Python itself available that way. > That might simply mean having someone package up Python and put it on > an appropriate server, or maybe python.org could end up hosting a > repo. Python is

Re: [Python-Dev] Impact of Windows PowerShell OneGet ?

2014-10-30 Thread Steve Dower
>> Most likely, OneGet won't replace pip/PyPI, any more than apt or yum >> does; but it may be worth having Python itself available that way. >> That might simply mean having someone package up Python and put it on >> an appropriate server, or maybe python.org could end up hosting a >> repo. > > P

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of C compilers for Python on Windows

2014-10-30 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/30/2014 8:59 AM, R. David Murray wrote: On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:33:06 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: The devguide needs to be kept up to date. If you open a tracker issue, put me as nosy to review and commit. The devguide is about building python itself. Paul is talking about building ext

Re: [Python-Dev] Impact of Windows PowerShell OneGet ?

2014-10-30 Thread Glenn Linderman
On 10/30/2014 7:30 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: Most likely, OneGet won't replace pip/PyPI, any more than apt or yum does; but it may be worth having Python itself available that way. That might simply mean having someone package up Python and put it on an appropriate server, or maybe python.org