RE: RFC: New package "python" and task-python* packages: Suggesti on

2000-01-14 Thread arto . astala
David Coe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu Jan 13, 2000 7:53 PM > > Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Jan 13, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > > > ...I still like the idea of a > > > real python package--IMHO it's a little bit more > > > intuitive than task-python, > > > ... That's also a

Re: RFC: New package "python" and task-python* packages: Suggestion

2000-01-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 12:53:08PM -0500, David Coe wrote: >Install:if you want to: >--- --- >task-python write scripts and uncomplicated Python applications >task-python-web write CGI scripts and web applications in Python >ta

Re: RFC: New package "python" and task-python* packages: Suggestion

2000-01-13 Thread David Coe
Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 13, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > ...I still like the idea of a > > real python package--IMHO it's a little bit more intuitive than task-python, > > ... > > Finally, and perhaps most important, a real "python" package would make > > versioned depen

Re: RFC: New package "python"

2000-01-13 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Jan 13, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > Ok, maybe we better go with task-python, although I still like the idea of a > real python package--IMHO it's a little bit more intuitive than task-python, > and if the name is still free, why shouldn't we use it. I do think task-python(*) makes sense. But I th

Re: RFC: New package "python"

2000-01-13 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 04:00:01PM -0500, David Coe wrote: > This sounds like a task package to me, too, but maybe I misunderstand > what you said; would it include anything besides the dependencies? > > Also note that we still have (well, recently had, at least) some packages > which depend on

Re: RFC: New package "python"

2000-01-12 Thread David Coe
Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to hear your comments about a change which may or may not make it > into potato: > > Currently "python" is an virtual package only, provided by python-base. I'd > like to turn "python" into a real package with the upcoming new revision of > t

Re: RFC: New package "python"

2000-01-11 Thread David Starner
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 04:48:53PM +0100, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > I'd like to hear your comments about a change which may or may not make it > into potato: > > Currently "python" is an virtual package only, provided by python-base. I'd > like to turn "python" into a real package with the upcoming

RFC: New package "python"

2000-01-11 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I'd like to hear your comments about a change which may or may not make it into potato: Currently "python" is an virtual package only, provided by python-base. I'd like to turn "python" into a real package with the upcoming new revision of the Python packages: Package: python Source: python Depe