On Nov 17, 8:25 am, Donn Ingle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dunno about your dog :) but Python libs are not too demanding. From a > Gnu/Linux pov with package managers things are quite simple. > > My wish is to find a way to make that even easier because the packaged > modules are not always up to date. > > If the Cheese Shop could supply downloads of modules and we could stick on a > gui interface that wraps around import statements to guide the installation > of any missing packages -- that would be progress. >
Interesting idea, although it's not something I'd want included and turned on by default. Should certainly be possible, though, with a little __import__ magic. > If you are online and the app runs, it can check the "freshness" of your > modules (those called from the app and recursively) and offer to fetch the > latest stable versions. > Something similar to Java's webstart? Implement an __import__ hook that downloads and caches the latest (stable) versions of libraries as needed. > The gui is an issue. Does one TK or rely on some fall-back system of > gnome/kde/x11/windows dialogue boxes (ending in abject failure by way of > raw_input on the command line)? Or (perhaps) have it fetch a standard > dialogue library which would fetch and install what is needed for future > occasions. > You wouldn't really *need* a GUI, although it probably should be a configurable option ... so the user can keep tabs on, and more control over, what's going on. No reason why it couldn't be totally automated. easy_install already provides for automated installation of python apps/libraries, so you could build off that. > Anyway, this is a bit of a hijack and I have not touched C# in any way, but > I don't think Python has anything to be ashamed of.* > > /d > > * Okay, maybe decorators but that's just because I am far too thick to grok > them :D It seems there are a number of people who don't grok decorators. While getting to know how they work underneath does require some careful reading and out-of-the-box thinking, it's only really necessary to understand them at this level if you want to actually implement a decorator. Merely using decorators is, IMHO, much easier to understand (but still requires a slight brain-warp). I think some people try to understand decorators too completely too quickly, and end up labeling them one of those complex/unintuitive/"way out" things. --Nathan Davis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
