Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler (status update, more questions)

2011-11-16 Thread Kay Hayen
Hello, So that is it, I don't know anymore of things to do. What about a manpage, is it considered mandatory? The man page exists and even has an examples section added for the typical use cases. I am totally surprised at how easy that was. An absolute thumbs up to help2man from here, brilli

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler (status update, more questions)

2011-11-16 Thread Kay Hayen
I wrote: Anybody has any experience with generating manpages from optparse? [...] If anybody does that already, people on this list likely know. Looking at cything, I found help2man, which is what cython package uses, great stuff. Of course, no need to be any Python specific. Yours, K

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler (status update, more questions)

2011-11-16 Thread Kay Hayen
Am 16.11.2011 10:41, schrieb Nicolas Chauvat: So that is it, I don't know anymore of things to do. What about a manpage, is it considered mandatory? It is always better to have one. Do you know about rst2man that can generate a man page from restructuredtext ? Yes, I will use it. I already u

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler (status update, more questions)

2011-11-16 Thread Nicolas Chauvat
Hello, On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 09:48:21AM +0100, Kay Hayen wrote: > I also renamed the "act alike python" binary "/usr/bin/Python" to > "/usr/bin/nuitka-python" as a result of the review. Nice. > So that is it, I don't know anymore of things to do. What about a > manpage, is it considered mandat

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler (status update, more questions)

2011-11-16 Thread Kay Hayen
Hello, I created an ITP for Nuitka here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648489 Should I add some link to the debian packages there? 1. The "dch" is not picking up my email address, unlike "reportbug", kind of annoying. Solved. 2. I would like to remove the "inline_co

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-15 Thread Thomas Kluyver
On 15 November 2011 23:49, Kay Hayen wrote: > Hm, what about "nuitka-python" as a binary name of what is now Python, is > that OK? It seems the readable variant. > nuitka-python is what I'd call it, from your description. I'm not actually a Debian packager, though. Thomas

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-15 Thread Kay Hayen
Hello Nicolas, On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:59:56PM +0100, Kay Hayen wrote: Oh collective Debian-Python Brainpower, tell me a good name but "nuitka" for said binary. :-) Reading the doc I understand that "Python" == "Nuitka.py --execute". Am I correct ? It's "--exe" and "--exectute", but ye

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-15 Thread Nicolas Chauvat
Hello, On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:59:56PM +0100, Kay Hayen wrote: > Oh collective Debian-Python Brainpower, tell me a good name but > "nuitka" for said binary. :-) Reading the doc I understand that "Python" == "Nuitka.py --execute". Am I correct ? Maybe Python + nuitka --> nuitka + nuitka-ctl O

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-15 Thread Kay Hayen
Hello Nicolas, you wrote: On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 10:50:13PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: * Paul Boddie, 2011-11-12, 15:08: c) I renamed "Nuitka.py" to a "nuitka" binary. I am keeping the drop-in replacement as "Python" though. I don't think it's wise to call it "Python", Agreed, this is bad

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-15 Thread Nicolas Chauvat
Hi, On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 10:50:13PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Paul Boddie , 2011-11-12, 15:08: > >>c) I renamed "Nuitka.py" to a "nuitka" binary. I am keeping the > >>drop-in replacement as "Python" though. > >I don't think it's wise to call it "Python", > > Agreed, this is bad idea. +1 W

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-13 Thread Kay Hayen
Hello Stefano, Am 12.11.2011 22:16, schrieb Stefano Rivera: Hi Kay (2011.11.12_23:01:43_+0200) More or less stolen from "/usr/bin/hg" which does something similar. I have hooked distutils to modify the scripts and replace @LIBDIR@ for the binary distributions. I disabled that in mercurial in

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-12 Thread Paul Boddie
On Saturday 12 November 2011 22:50:13 Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Paul Boddie , 2011-11-12, 15:08: > >If Nuitka aims to be a Python alternative, shouldn't it use the > >alternatives mechanism in Debian? > > We don't use alternatives for Python interpreters, for good reasons. OK. I know of the alternativ

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-12 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Paul Boddie , 2011-11-12, 15:08: c) I renamed "Nuitka.py" to a "nuitka" binary. I am keeping the drop-in replacement as "Python" though. I don't think it's wise to call it "Python", Agreed, this is bad idea. If Nuitka aims to be a Python alternative, shouldn't it use the alternatives mecha

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-12 Thread Stefano Rivera
Hi Kay (2011.11.12_23:01:43_+0200) > More or less stolen from "/usr/bin/hg" which does something similar. > I have hooked distutils to modify the scripts and replace @LIBDIR@ > for the binary distributions. I disabled that in mercurial in Debian. It caused a rather nasty bug: http://bugs.debian.or

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-12 Thread Kay Hayen
Hello Paul, Am 12.11.2011 15:08, schrieb Paul Boddie: On Saturday 12 November 2011 09:55:39 Kay Hayen wrote: I created an ITP for Nuitka here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648489 I've been following Nuitka, and I think it's great to see how it has progressed over time.

Re: Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-12 Thread Paul Boddie
On Saturday 12 November 2011 09:55:39 Kay Hayen wrote: > > I created an ITP for Nuitka here: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648489 I've been following Nuitka, and I think it's great to see how it has progressed over time. Since I've been trying to package Shedskin for Debian

Request for Review - Nuitka the Python compiler

2011-11-12 Thread Kay Hayen
Hello, I created an ITP for Nuitka here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648489 I have followed your advice in as so far received, and made the following things: a) First of all, I added "setup.py" and distutils stuff to Nuitka, something I had never done before. b) To f