Re: Package problem

2009-05-19 Thread David Lyon
On Tue, 19 May 2009 13:29:47 +0100, "A. Cavallo" wrote: > You could try: > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/cavallo71:/python-opt/ > > This is a python interpreter installed under /opt/opt-python-2.7a0. > All you have to do is sourcing /opt/opt-python-2.7a0/opt-python-env.sh > f

Re: Package problem

2009-05-19 Thread David Lyon
On Wed, 20 May 2009 00:40:28 +0900, David Cournapeau wrote: > The discussion has nothing to do with setuptools, or even python for > that matter. It has everything to do with python > on any system (including windows). That's why you should avoid > installing from sources into the location

Re: Package problem

2009-05-19 Thread David Cournapeau
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:29 PM, A. Cavallo wrote: >> > It is solved in other languages.. for example perl.. and delphi >> I don't know much about perl, and even less about delphi, but I am >> pretty sure it does not solve the problem of overwriting files from a >> package with an installation out

Re: Package problem

2009-05-19 Thread David Lyon
On Tue, 19 May 2009 15:45:42 +0900, David Cournapeau wrote: > There is no simple solution to the following situation: >- install setuptools from ubuntu... When I have a ubuntu system I will try it > But still, the whole > value of ..(python).. is to have a whole set of packages which > a

Re: Package problem

2009-05-19 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:45 AM, David Cournapeau wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:35 PM, David Lyon > wrote: > > On Tue, 19 May 2009 13:53:18 +0900, David Cournapeau > > > wrote: > >> Given that nobody has managed to solve this problem, I doubt you will > >> find a solution. > > > > It is sol

Re: Package problem

2009-05-19 Thread A. Cavallo
> > It is solved in other languages.. for example perl.. and delphi > I don't know much about perl, and even less about delphi, but I am > pretty sure it does not solve the problem of overwriting files from a > package with an installation outside the control of the package > manager. On a sytem a

Re: Package problem

2009-05-18 Thread David Cournapeau
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:35 PM, David Lyon wrote: > On Tue, 19 May 2009 13:53:18 +0900, David Cournapeau > wrote: >> Given that nobody has managed to solve this problem, I doubt you will >> find a solution. > > It is solved in other languages.. for example perl.. and delphi I don't know much ab

Re: Package problem

2009-05-18 Thread David Lyon
On Tue, 19 May 2009 13:53:18 +0900, David Cournapeau wrote: > Given that nobody has managed to solve this problem, I doubt you will > find a solution. It is solved in other languages.. for example perl.. and delphi > If there was a reasonable solution, it would have > already been developed.

Re: Package problem

2009-05-18 Thread David Cournapeau
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:31 PM, David Lyon wrote: > > Hi David, > > I guess paraphrased you are saying "don't touch your packages".. > > To my point of view, the needs of the developer override the > priorities of the O/S house... > > We should expect "old" packages on our systems from the O/S >

Re: Package problem

2009-05-18 Thread David Lyon
Hi David, I guess paraphrased you are saying "don't touch your packages".. To my point of view, the needs of the developer override the priorities of the O/S house... We should expect "old" packages on our systems from the O/S and have an easier way to update them to whatever we want.. That's

Re: Package problem

2009-05-18 Thread David Cournapeau
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:15 PM, David Cournapeau wrote: > something like virtualenv for packages using autotools. ^^^ Sorry, I meant setuptools here, not autotools David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Package problem

2009-05-18 Thread David Cournapeau
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Sverre wrote: > I'm using Ubuntu and some of the packages in the repository are too > old. So I got the thought to remove nearly  all packages downloaded > from the repository and install them with easy_install. Is this a way > to go without greater problems? This

Re: Package problem

2009-05-18 Thread A. Cavallo
On Monday 18 May 2009 20:52:52 Sverre wrote: > I'm using Ubuntu and some of the packages in the repository are too > old. So I got the thought to remove nearly all packages downloaded > from the repository and install them with easy_install. Is this a way > to go without greater problems? If you'