Re: question on packaging of python applications

2000-11-13 Thread Moshe Zadka
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, [ISO-8859-1] Jérôme Marant wrote: > So, .py scripts can be used with any Python releases without any problem. > (.py files can then be compiled at postinst time). This is the best way to hadnle it. Something to still consider is whether we want to deal with Python 1.5.2 and P

Re: question on packaging of python applications

2000-11-13 Thread Jérôme Marant
> BTW, what's the reason of making packages containing .py files? Is not > it > better to include only .pyo and .pyc files? And for those who really > need > sources there those source packages? A good reason (mentioned in a previous thread) is that there are some incompatibilities between byte

Re: question on packaging of python applications

2000-11-13 Thread Moshe Zadka
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Michael Sobolev wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 06:31:10PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > There is no need to include .pyc and .pyo in packages as python programs > > can work without at first use. Moreover, this makes packages > > bigger. > BTW, what's the reason of m

Re: question on packaging of python applications

2000-11-13 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 06:31:10PM +0100, JИrТme Marant wrote: > There is no need to include .pyc and .pyo in packages as python programs > can work without at first use. Moreover, this makes packages > bigger. BTW, what's the reason of making packages containing .py files? Is not it better