I agree - I can't use TG at work at all; and trying to have a discussion with IS about their blocking policy is not worth the breath....
Matt Simon Hibbs wrote: > I'm sorry this is such a rant, but it's how I'm feeling right now. > > I live behind a corporate NAT/firewall so the automated ez-install > download system is no use. The only alternative seems to be to manualy > download about a hundred (realy!) little eggs and tar files, not all of > which I may need because many of them are for older versions of Python > or for the Mac, so I have to hand-pick my way through them. But do I > actualy need all of them for the auto-installer to work and pick > through them for me? Do I need all th actuale Turbogears tarballs, or > just the latest one? I'm lost. > > Argh! What's so evil about putting a single zip/gzip file up there for > download? Maybe real developers roll their own install scripts, or > something. This is turning what should be a strength of TG - the fact > that it leverages many 'best of breed' tools - into a serious > disadvantege because if you're not on a bare internet connection you > have to go pickying about to download all these fiddly little bits and > set them all up. > > I've had the download problem with other projects too, it's as though > if you've got an actual job and live behind a corporate firewall you > can get knotted. I want to do an evalution of Django and TG for a > project, but even to take a look at TG I've got to jump through all > sorts of contorted hoops. > > I was going to start with TG as it looks very attractive, and then > maybe look at Django, but as that's just a single dowload and off you > go I think I'll do it the other way around. This is a serious problem. > If I do select TG for a project, the chances are by the time we start > real development I'll have to do this all over again. If the install > process is so awkward, what about the upgrade process? It doesn't > inspire confidence in future version management and maintainability > either. I'm sure the easy install system is wonderful for those that > can use it, but that does me and people in my situation no favours > whatsoever. > > > Simon Hibbs > > > > -- http://acl.icnet.uk/~mw http://adhominem.blogsome.com/ +44 (0)7834 899570 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
