[Distutils] "Python Package Management Sucks"

[Andreas Jung]

--On 23. September 2008 18:20:36 -0400 Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> wrote:

>
> On Sep 23, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Rick Warner wrote:
>
>> Jeff Younker wrote:
>>> I have to say, as a developer, and a system administrator, I like
>>> setuptools.   It does
>>> what I need.  Could it be better?  Sure.  For what I use python for
>>> on a day-to-day
>>> basis it makes my life a thousand times better than it was before
>>> setuptools.  Nothing
>>> ruins your day more than spending *hours* tracing down package
>>> dependencies
>>> just to get the *one* package you need to allow you to perform some
>>> crucial task.
>>> It's even worse when you have to do it on multiple architectures.
>>>
>>> Perl's package location and installation system (CPAN) is one of
>>> the primary facts
>>> contributing to its success.   Perl is a pig.  It's a charming pig
>>> that can do lots of tricks,
>>> but a pig none the less.  What makes it shine is CPAN. And here's
>>> the catch:  CPAN
>>> isn't really any better than setuptools.  It's got warts and nuts
>>> all over the place, but
>>> it works.
>>
>> And CPAN has some HUGE advantages over setuptools: it is designed as
>> a repository, and it is replicated.   Which means it is dependable.
>> Anyone who suffered through the multiple outages of PyPI (which in
>> not replicated) over the past year or so, or the ongoing outages of
>> the many repositories across the web to which PyPI directs users/
>> processes, can understand why this is important.
>
>
> Actually, PyPI is replicated.  See, for example,
> http://download.zope.org/simple/.
>
> It may be that some of the mirrors should be better advertised.
>
>

For the logs: we are currently working on a mirroring infrastructure with a 
set of several full PyPI mirror (based on z3c.pypimirror)....more to be 
announced and worked on in the middle of October.

Andreas
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