*Branko can be painful, but he's correct over 90% of the time :))))) * 2011/8/22 Branko Vukelić <[email protected]>
> On 2011-08-22 14:13 +0200, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > > Quoting "Branko Vukelić" <[email protected]>: > > >If you insist on a package manager, you can use easy_install or pip, > > >which will always have access to a much wider range of Python libraries > > >than apt-get, and will always have access to latest-and-greatest code > > >(not counting development versions, of course). These will install > > >packages system-wide, just like apt, but advantages are obvious. > > > > I must confess, that I never used easy_install nor pip, so my opion > > might be based purely on ignorance. > > > > The point (to me) in using Debians (or any other Linux distributions) > > package manager is the integration into the system. E.g. package > > dependencies, reverse dependencies, package conflicts etc. are solved > > That's what I used to think about pyton-* packages until I've learned > about pip and virtualenv. Now, whenever I do python development, I only > use pip and virtualenv. The only python-* packages are I have are Python > itself, and distutils (easy_install, which I use to install virtualenv > and pip). I invite you to try and master those tools, and see the > advantages for yourself. > > > Furthermore, for a certain release of the distribution, it can be > > exptected, the the different packages work together. For a stable > > release I can expect security updates, i.e. no other changes go into > > newer package versions. For all bugs I like to report, I can use the > > same bug tracker (in case of Debian bugs.debian.org) etc. > > Oh ok. I have so many objections to the statement above, but I'll just > STFU so that this doesn't get out of hand. :) > > -- > Branko Vukelic > [email protected] > [email protected] > > Lead Developer > Herd Hound (tm) - Travel that doesn't bite > www.herdhound.com > > Love coffee? You might love Loveffee, too. > loveffee.appspot.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web.py" 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/webpy?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web.py" 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/webpy?hl=en.
