On Oct 5, 8:29 pm, Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2009-10-05 12:42 PM, Buck wrote: > > > > >> With the package layout, you would just do: > > >> from parrot.sleeping import sleeping_in_a_bed > >> from parrot.feeding.eating import eat_cracker > > >> This is really much more straightforward than you are making it out to be. > > > As in the OP, I need things to "Just Work" without installation > > requirements. > > The reason for this is that I'm in a large corporate environment > > servicing many groups with their own custom environments. > > The more ad hoc hacks you use rather than the standard approaches, the harder > it > is going to be for you to support those custom environments. > > > Your solution requires work and knowledge on the user's part, > > *All* solutions require work and knowledge. There is no free lunch. The > advantage of standard Python packages is that they are understood the best and > the most widely. > > > but Stef > > seems to be actually solving the complexity problem. It may seem > > trivial to you, but it's beyond many people's grasp and brings the > > usability and reliability of the system way down. > > > Like Stef, I was unable to grasp how to properly use python packages > > in my environment even after reading the documentation repeatedly over > > the course of several months. > > I do believe that you and Stef are exceptions. The vast majority of Python > users > seem to be able to grasp packages well enough. Well, I started using python many years ago (when there were no packages), so I am used to manage such messy files as described above. But it is true that for building larger solution I always use packages, it just looks better :). So my solution: Packages for job tasks and one big messy folder for my private usage (system administration tasks, automation, etc). > > -- > Robert Kern > > "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma > that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it > had > an underlying truth." > -- Umberto Eco
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