>From my understanding pip is going to install the same package no matter what OS is making the request so this is not really an Ubuntu issue, but it is very interesting to me because it is cross platform...
I think the best approach would be to create a Python package that is sort of a utility for doing a "standard" Web2py installation. The same basic functionality is required for "installing" Web2py applications so we might want to consider that as a possibility as well. The trick will be insuring that the package remains os agnostic as pip is used "universally" across all platforms. The "faux installer" approach might work well for other systems that like repackaging things so they fit the systems concept of installations, so it could work for Debian and so on and so forth. So in a nutshell rather than "packaging" Web2py for Debian (which kind of destroys the elegance of not having to install Web2py) it we could "package" a Web2py "installer' that basically a glorified python based downloader, unarchiver and permissions checking utility that unpacks Web2py (and demo applicaitons?) to a location that is handy for folks who are just getting started with Web2py like $HOME/Web2py I think if we do it as a Python module (the Web2py "faux installer" for lack of a better description, not Web2py itself) then we will have something to give to folks who want to create packages for specific OS's and the result will be a standard setup across platforms... ie /Users/me/web2py or /home/me/web2py and C:/Users?/me/ <- I forget the Windows parlance for home directory. A number of options are available so this will require a bit of reflection. I think our primary goal is to give new folks an easy way to get started, but it also has some very interesting potential as far as making things easier for developers as well (we could have the package install mercurial or even fabric if we wanted to for example). My preference would be to put out a really basic one A.S.A.P. that does a straight up install and works across nix platforms (any Windows users using pip?) and over time we can add new features or create a similar tool for developers depending on how much it gets used and if we have demand. What do people think? Chris
