I believe there also needs to be a complete implementation of zlib as well, but that might just be for easy_install (which is still pretty important). The zlib from FePy is missing decompressobj, which is nasty to get working with a DeflateStream.
-Jeff On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Michael Foord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello guys, > > In order to use projects like Turbogears with IronPython (I'm at a > Turbogears sprint) we need setuptools to work. In order for setuptools to > work we need zipimport - which is a builtin module in Python. > > The Jython guys have setuptools working... (only the Genshi package is > blocking Turbogears from working on Jython.) > > Having setuptools working on IronPython is becoming increasingly important > as it becomes the standard distribution and installation mechanism for > Python packages. > > I'm looking at a pure Python version of zipimport (provided by Guido for use > on the AppEngine). It doesn't work unmodified but should be easy enough to > get working as a stopgap measure. I've added a comment to codeplex issue > 391: > > http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=391 > > Michael Foord > > -- > http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.ironpython.com > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
