Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-03-29 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
>> How will your solution be different from distutils, setuptools, pip, >> zc.buildout and a couple other similar packages I don't recall now? > > For a start.. it doesn't replace those.. it drives them... > >> Have you considered joining one of these efforts in order to not >> fragment the "packag

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-03-29 Thread David Lyon
On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:16:01 -0700, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > > How will your solution be different from distutils, setuptools, pip, > zc.buildout and a couple other similar packages I don't recall now? For a start.. it doesn't replace those.. it drives them... > Have you considered joining o

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-03-29 Thread Paul Boddie
On 27 Mar, 06:54, David Lyon wrote: > > Just a GUI for package management that lets you seperate what is available > for the python platform that you are running on. Install, deinstall, and > get package information. > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/pythonpkgmgr/ > > We only have source at the

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-03-28 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:16:01 -0700 Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > > > > > > Just a GUI for package management that lets you seperate what is > > available for the python platform that you are running on. Install, > > deinstall, and get package information. > > > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyt

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-03-27 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> I think Marcel has a point... > > Much can be done and should be done to improve packaging and applications > for python. > > That's why I for one am working on the python package manager project. On > sourceforge. > > It uses the pypi interface to search. > > Actually we haven't made a release y

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-03-26 Thread David Lyon
I think Marcel has a point... Much can be done and should be done to improve packaging and applications for python. That's why I for one am working on the python package manager project. On sourceforge. It uses the pypi interface to search. Actually we haven't made a release yet. Still many..

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-03-26 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Marcel Luethi writes: > > Now I'm standing here, having this great idea for a brand new rocking > app... > But where do I start? I want it to be multi-platform (Linux, Mac OS X, > Windows). It should be easy to install and upgrade. It should be self- > contained, independent of an already installe

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-03-03 Thread David Lyon
Hi all, I only just noticed this thread... :-( At the moment, I am working on a Python Package Manager project on Sourceforge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pythonpkgmgr/ Firstly, I would welcome any developers who are willing to assist. Secondly, I think there is much work to be done with

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-03-03 Thread Steve Holden
Marcel Luethi wrote: > Hi Steve > [I've probably replied to this once already, but here's another try] > I really appreciate your feedback! > Certainly I'm no expert "for the many differences in package formats and > install requirements between the different platforms". > > But let me explain a

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-02-24 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
"Rhodri James" wrote: > A souq is a bazaar :-) > > Well, close enough anyway. It's another arabic word that translates as > "market" in both the mercantile and financial senses, I believe. Maybe > I've just read too much arabic-themed fiction, but I was surprised not > to find the word in my t

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-02-24 Thread geremy condra
Just a few quick questions on your proposed design: 1) What tools, if any, do you propose to help developers package for this platform? 2) How do you plan to deal with applications that change or depend on system-wide settings, ie, conf files, kernel version, or the registry? 3) What advantages do

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-02-24 Thread ajaksu
Steve Holden wrote: > And the "multiplatform client" that should "easily and elegantly allow > app browsing, downloading and installing those apps" would presumably > have to account for the many differences in package formats and install > requirements between the different platforms. And then yo

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-02-24 Thread Paul Boddie
On 22 Feb, 12:24, Marcel Luethi wrote: > > Using my iPhone I suddenly realize how easy it is to find applications > in Apple's AppStore. How easy and fast it is to install or de-install > an app. My iPhone even checks in the background if there is an upgrade > which could be installed painlessly.

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-02-24 Thread Richard Brodie
"Rhodri James" wrote in message news:mailman.615.1235436896.11746.python-l...@python.org... > A souq is a bazaar :-) > Maybe I've just read too much arabic-themed fiction, but I was surprised not > to find the word in my trusty Chambers. Try under 'souk'. Transliterating to the Roman 'q' seem

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-02-23 Thread Rhodri James
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:12:09 -, Steve Holden wrote: Michael Torrie wrote: Steve Holden wrote: Unfortunately I have no idea what a "souq" is, so I suspect this may be linguistically biased against English speakers. Or perhaps I'm just ignorant. Nah. Not biased against English speakers

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-02-23 Thread Steve Holden
Michael Torrie wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: >> Unfortunately I have no idea what a "souq" is, so I suspect this may be >> linguistically biased against English speakers. Or perhaps I'm just >> ignorant. > > Nah. Not biased against English speakers. Just biased against the > un-traveled. :) Don

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-02-23 Thread Michael Torrie
Steve Holden wrote: > Unfortunately I have no idea what a "souq" is, so I suspect this may be > linguistically biased against English speakers. Or perhaps I'm just > ignorant. Nah. Not biased against English speakers. Just biased against the un-traveled. :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/lis

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-02-22 Thread Marcel Luethi
Hi Steve I really appreciate your feedback! Certainly I'm no expert "for the many differences in package formats and install requirements between the different platforms". But let me explain a bit more: I don't have the idea that the multi-platform client should handle all the different package f

Re: Python AppStore / Marketplace

2009-02-22 Thread Steve Holden
Marcel Luethi wrote: > Dear Community > > Now I'm standing here, having this great idea for a brand new rocking > app... > But where do I start? I want it to be multi-platform (Linux, Mac OS X, > Windows). It should be easy to install and upgrade. It should be self- > contained, independent of an