Slow down there, everyone. Let's give Till a chance to respond. It's possible I'm totally misunderstanding what he's thinking.
Install via pip would be *very* nice if it was possible. One repository for all platforms. V4 was an opportunity to try it, so I probably spent a solid week banging away at the problem. But, in the end, I didn't like the results. -tk On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 4:13 PM Vince Skahan <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if there is any interest/support for patches to make weewx >> follow common python packaging methods, such as >> >> - installing python modules into /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages >> - make it possible to install weewx with pip >> - make weewx support normal python modules as extensions >> instead/additionally of a custom installation format >> >> > > Personally I'm not seeing any real benefit but I certainly see a 'lot' of > risk and pain. > > I'm still not getting the 'why' part. You want to tear apart everything > because you need to set PYTHONPATH ? > > Why does anybody 'need' weewx installable via pip anyway ? Seems to me > that setup.py is a bit of a solved problem at this point. Same with the > extension installer. At this point there are dozens of extensions and > drivers and skins installable in that format. Another solved problem as > far as I can tell. FWIW, I would not be willing to repackage all my > personal extensions + skins etc. into another format at this point. They > work fine as-is. The extension installer scratches that itch for me. > > Why again would it be wise to turn everything upside down at this point ? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/aaf77e00-4470-4c58-bf56-42346b1e410d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/aaf77e00-4470-4c58-bf56-42346b1e410d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/CAPq0zEA29pZDoYz0odsXVvG1DDJDPJMiHmCJHchE9CXg-eYmfA%40mail.gmail.com.
