alain schrieb: > On Nov 19, 9:44 am, Kay Schluehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 17 Nov., 14:46, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Had a unsettling conversation with a CS instructor that >>> teaches at local high schools and the community >>> college. This person is a long-term Linux/C/Python >>> programmer, but he claims that the install, config, and >>> library models for C# have proved to be less >>> problematic than Python. So both his courses (intro, >>> data structs, algorithms) are taught in C#. >> I don't understand this complaint. How does your instructor installs >> libraries for C#? When he uses Linux for teaching purposes I assume >> his students have little problems typing some shell commands and when >> he uses Windows his students might feel comfortable double clicking on >> a Windows installer - most likely containing prepackaged binaries. >> What have I missed? >> >> Kay > > I think i understand his complaint. > Have you ever tried to install a package making use of easy_install? > If you have, then you understand this is a real pain in the ass, > especially if your internet access requires proxy authentication. > The world was easy before easy_install !
setuptools might not be flawless, but it works for me most of the times - and always better than pure distutils. BTW, you can download eggs and install them from files - so while teaching easy_install how to deal with proxies (are these still used by anyone - I thought that was in the 90ties... ) certainly would be good, it isn't necessary. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
