2009/9/25 Paul Boddie <p...@boddie.org.uk>: > On 25 Sep, 09:26, Donn <donn.in...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> You could use distutils (setup.py) and include a readme that explains what >> apt-get commands to use to install pygame, etc. Generally it's better to >> *not* >> include the kitchen-sink with your apps; rather expect the user to have those >> libraries already or be able to fetch them with ease. > > The various package installers and dpkg will probably complain about > missing packages, but one could go all the way and set up a repository > which works with apt-get. I did something elementary of this nature > with some Shed Skin packages: > > http://packages.boddie.org.uk/ > > There will undoubtedly be things I haven't quite done right here, but > it would give a reasonable installation experience, although there > would need to be a number of packages available through the repository > for the configuration exercise to be worthwhile. > >> I did my best at explaining that deeply confusing setup.py process >> here:http://wiki.python.org/moin/Distutils/Tutorial > > This is a nice tutorial, and I'll have to see if I can contribute > anything to it later. > >> I have also seen two other approaches: >> 1. A new app called 'Quickly' which is some kind of magical auto-do- >> everything-ubuntu connected to Launchpad. From what I hear it sounds very >> cool.https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/Karmic/Quickly >> 2. The Ubuntu PPA repositories -- google around. (Seems Quickly does this >> too) > > The problem with some Ubuntu stuff, sadly, is that the maintainers > like to have their own special toolset which isolates them from the > more general Debian ways of working. In addition, Launchpad, despite > its recent open-sourcing (in most respects), is perceived as something > of a walled garden. Still, if it contributes good ideas to the > mainstream, I suppose it's not all bad. > > Paul > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
Thanks for you answers. I am thinking of two target audiences: 1. Early adopters/beta-testers. This would include: - my non-computer-geek brother on a windows-machine. I'll go for py2exe. - any non-geek visiting my blog using windows (py2exe) - any geeks visiting my blog that use Ubuntu (tell them about the PPA-system) - any geeks visiting my blog that are non-Ubuntu (i'll just provide the source code and tell them to apt-get python-pygame) 2. Future players - I'll try to find people that want me to help package the game for different OSs. This list might come in handy ;) -- twitter.com/olofb olofb.wordpress.com olofb.wordpress.com/tag/english -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
