Re: The Python Registrar

2002-02-24 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 03:34:46PM +1100, Donovan Baarda wrote: ... > OK, I got creative and figured out a way the python-central could work > without using an emac's style registry, instead just using the existing dpkg > "Depends:" information. > Comments welcome. This one is a bit more tested th

Re: The Python Registrar

2002-02-24 Thread Jim Penny
On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 10:35:47AM +1100, Donovan Baarda wrote: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 03:31:26PM -0500, Jim Penny wrote: > > > > > The python-central approach attempts to provide a single package that > > > supports multiple versions of python. > > > > > > > Education of end-users and even pa

Re: The Python Registrar

2002-02-24 Thread Donovan Baarda
On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 05:38:25PM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 03:34:46PM +1100, Donovan Baarda wrote: > ... > > OK, I got creative and figured out a way the python-central could work > > without using an emac's style registry, instead just using the existing dpkg > > "D

Re: The Python Registrar

2002-02-24 Thread Donovan Baarda
On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 05:54:24PM -0500, Jim Penny wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 10:35:47AM +1100, Donovan Baarda wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 03:31:26PM -0500, Jim Penny wrote: [...] > > The packages, provided they are built right, will be pretty self > > explanitory. Installing "python-

Re: The Python Registrar

2002-02-24 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 05:38:25PM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > Are you sure all package names are sane? Or could some joker distribute a > (non official ofcourse) python package with a name just waiting to exploit > this unsanitized use of its name in a script running as root? Huh? Aren't the

Re: The Python Registrar

2002-02-24 Thread Donovan Baarda
On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 12:55:01PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 05:38:25PM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > > Are you sure all package names are sane? Or could some joker distribute a > > (non official ofcourse) python package with a name just waiting to exploit > > this un

Re: The Python Registrar

2002-02-24 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 12:55:01PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 05:38:25PM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > > Are you sure all package names are sane? Or could some joker distribute a > > (non official ofcourse) python package with a name just waiting to exploit > > this un