On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:42 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Umang <umang...@gmail.com> writes: > >> What I am talking about is the upstream tarball that, when extracted >> into a directory, can run without being installed using distutils. > > If the package is designed to be installed by distutils, it seems obtuse > to expect it to work without using distutils. The point of distutils is > to provide a build process for preparing the package for use; before > that, it's not ready for use.
Why not use something like virtualenv or buildout to create your development environment? Mailman 3 uses buildout, it's easy to set up and works great. -Barry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
