On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 16:08 +1100, Dylan Jay wrote:
> On 25/02/2010, at 11:01 AM, Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 11:31 +1100, Tim 'mithro' Ansell wrote:
> >> Hello everyone!
> >>
> >> Don't forget to do your homework (Install Python, Pyglet and Rabbyt)
> >> before this tutorial. The set-up page has been updated with  
> >> instructions
> >> for a number of other Linux distros. You can find it at
> >>        http://wiki.slug.org.au/pythonprogrammingsetup
> >
> > Those docs suggest easy_install; run arbitrary from the internet. Yay!
> 
> run code written by the authors of the software.

Last I checked, no, it might, under usual conditions, but its not
secured.

> >
> > I suggest
> > apt-get install python-pyglet python-rabbyt
> > digitally signed packages \o/.
> 
> which locks you into a certain operating system. Not very pythonic.

The wiki page that was referenced contained specific instructions for
several operating systems; I was commenting on the Ubuntu instructions -
I don't think using Ubuntu locks you into it at all. In fact, apt-get
exists for windows and RedHat as well as Debian, Ubuntu and other Debian
derived platforms. So 'lock in' is hardly accurate.

I don't see what is unpythonic about making use of good features of a
platform you're running on: GAE isn't unpythonic, ActiveState python
isn't unpythonic, the win32 module isn't unpythonic - or are they?

-Rob

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