On Nov 25, 10:24 pm, Christopher Arndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben Sizer schrieb: > > > On Nov 23, 8:13 pm, Christopher Arndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools > > > On the other hand, that bootstrap comment is talking about when you > > are distributing an application, and implies "the user is building > > your package from source". So, this is naturally going to be passed > > over by those who just wish to install setuptools. They will, quite > > reasonably and logically, keep reading to the "Installing setuptools" > > section, see that the first first line says "Please follow the > > EasyInstall Installation Instructions to install the current stable > > version of setuptools", go to the EasyInstall instructions and see > > that the first line says "Please see the setuptools PyPI page for > > download links and basic installation instructions for each of the > > supported platforms.", and see that there is no correct package > > available for them. These are quite clear instructions. Apparently > > they are also quite insufficient. > > I think the real problem here is using Windows. I just makes live so > much harder as a developer (I'm not talking about normal users). When > you have a Unix-like shell, you can just download the setuptoos egg and > run it as a shell script (as described further down on the setuptools > PyPI page).
Yes, unfortunately I find using my Linux installation painful for various reasons (Ubuntu's tendency to trash my display drivers whenever I upgrade, inconsistent copy and paste keystrokes and semantics between apps (and no, I won't use Emacs or Vim, sorry), other development apps I use being Windows-specific, etc) so I stick with XP where possible. Plus, running different versions of Python side-by-side seems a bit safer on Windows, since it's not used as an intrinsic part of the OS as it is on various Linux distros. (And thus definitely not something you want to get mismatched extension versions with.) -- Ben Sizer --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
