<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:26 AM, David Lyon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.lyon@preisshare.net">david.lyon@preisshare.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hi All,<br>
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Here's a package installation error message that's just plain scary<br>
for the average user.<br>
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imho Distutils should have checks to stock packages requiring a C<br>
compiler from being uploaded. It isn't "right" to expect that<br>
from users. ie They should get the .pyd files.</blockquote><div><br>That's not distutils fault, neither easy_install one.<br><br>"appscript" should provide a binary distribution for Windows (it does for Mac OS if you look at the pypi repo)<br>
Since it doesn't, easy_install grabs the source distro, which is the best behavior I can think of,<br>then tries to compile it.<br><br>The error message is pretty explicit by the way<br><br></div></div>Tarek<br>-- <br>
Tarek Ziadé | <a href="http://ziade.org">http://ziade.org</a><br>