#! rnews 1856 Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Path: news.xs4all.nl!newsspool.news.xs4all.nl!transit.news.xs4all.nl!195.241.76.212.MISMATCH!transit1.news.tiscali.nl!tiscali!transit0.news.tiscali.nl!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!feeder1.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!news2.euro.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!newspeer1.nwr.nac.net!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!newsread.com!news-xfer.newsread.com!nntp.abs.net!attws2!ip.att.net!NetNews1!xyzzy!nntp From: Harry George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Modules for inclusion in standard library? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: cola2.ca.boeing.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Lines: 26 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: The Boeing Company References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:46:28 GMT Xref: news.xs4all.nl comp.lang.python:384359
Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Harry George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > b) Installing distutils-aware python packages is trivial. I'd rather > > the energy which might go into a bigger std library go instead into > > helping projects which don't have distutils-style builds. > > How about integrating distutils and PyPI, so that distutils can > automatically download and install packages that are required by the > package it's currently installing? In other words, C-Python-AN. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. I personally don't do auto download/installs, preferring instead to scan the code before build/install. However, getting a list of dependencies would be nice. Maybe a setup.py --requires flag. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6-6M21 BCA CompArch Design Engineering Phone: (425) 294-4718 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
