Re: Packaging and dependencies

2007-09-26 Thread Ben Finney
Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Finney wrote: > > So, if fifteen different programs depend on library X, we'd have > > fifteen *separate* installations of library X on the same machine? > > > You need to get your opinions up to date. Fifteen copies of a single > library is nothing i

Re: Packaging and dependencies

2007-09-26 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
> Agreed, but until we reach the ideal situation where everybody is using > the same package dependency system what's your practical solution? > "Self-contained" has the merit that nobody else's changes are going to > bugger about with my application on a customer's system. The extra disk > space i

Re: Packaging and dependencies

2007-09-26 Thread Steve Holden
Ben Finney wrote: > "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> In my opinion, python is steering here to a direction like Java with >> it's classpath: scripts like workingenv and it's successor (forgot >> the name) provide hand-tailored environments for a specific >> application. > > Wha

Packaging and dependencies (was: setuptools without unexpected downloads)

2007-09-26 Thread Ben Finney
"Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In my opinion, python is steering here to a direction like Java with > it's classpath: scripts like workingenv and it's successor (forgot > the name) provide hand-tailored environments for a specific > application. What a silly waste of resources.