On Sunday 23 August 2009 13:24:07 Christopher Arndt wrote: > Jorge Vargas schrieb: > > so I'll like to revise the decision. Back then the "pro index" arguments > > where - unreleased packages > > - maintaining a "well known set" > > - pypi's instability > > > > Are those still valid? > > > > What is everyone's opinion on this? and more importantly are the ones > > in favor of the index up for the task of maintaining it? > > I think you are missing the most important argument. Often third-party > package authors do not provide binary packages for all systems when they > put a new release on pypi. This then will break the tg installation for > people who do not have compilers and/or appropriate dev packages > installed. Though I'm not sure if tg2 still has dependencies on binary > packages, please correct me, if my point is irrelevant. > > I think the point of the index is NOT to always provide the latest > release of all dependency packages but a set of dependencies that is > known to work with the specific tg release. People you know how to use > easy_install can always use pypi to upgrade their dependencies > selectively if they want,.
I wanted to talk to ChrisA about this anyway - we do have our local modified EggBasket + the EasterBunny versionset collector. This makes creating/maintaining such an index-page a no-brainer. So if chris is ok with this being put on bitbucket (instead in his own repository where he has to administer access and stuff), we are happy to share that. Diez --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears Trunk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears-trunk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
