Mailman 3 February 2009 - Distutils-SIG

Subclassing the compiler
by Simon Wood 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

Hi, The API reference for distutils tells how to get an instance of a new compiler sub-class with the following command: mycompiler = distutils.ccompiler.new_compiler(*plat=None*, *compiler=None*, *verbose=0*, *dry_run=0*, *force=0*) The API also specifies the commands to modify specific parameters within the returned compiler sub-class. However the API says nothing about how to actually "use" the new sub-class. In other words, how does one go about getting the following to work (or something similar)? python setup.py build where the build steps now use 'mycompiler' Thanks, -Simon

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setuptools/command/sdist.py small fix
by Andrey Chichak 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Good day! small fix for setuptools/command/sdist.py: *** sdist.py Thu Feb 19 19:34:31 2009 --- sdist.py.ORIG Thu Feb 19 19:33:21 2009 *************** *** 2,4 **** from distutils.util import convert_path - from distutils import log import os, re, sys, pkg_resources --- 2,3 ---- -- Andrey Chichak JID: chch(a)ru-pro.com ICQ: 13154894

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Problems using easy_install to download my module
by Maurice Ling 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Hi, I've just registered 'copad' module with CheeseShop and tried to use easy_install to test but unsuccessful... witht he following error... ML-iB:/sw/lib/python2.5/site-packages mauriceling$ sudo easy_install copads Searching for copads Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/copads/ Reading http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/copads No local packages or download links found for copads error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('copads') Here is my setup.py from ez_setup import use_setuptools use_setuptools() from setuptools import setup, find_packages setup(name='copads', version='0.1', description='Collection of Python Algorithms and Data Structures', long_description='Collection of Python Algorithms and Data Structures', author='Maurice HT Ling', author_email='mauriceling(a)acm.org', url='http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/copads', license = 'GNU General Public License version 2', platform = 'OS independent', package_dir = {'copads' : 'src', 'copads.test' : 'test'}, packages = ['copads', 'copads.test'], classifiers=['Development Status :: 3 - Alpha', 'Intended Audience :: Developers', 'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)', 'Operating System :: OS Independent', 'Programming Language :: Python', 'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence', 'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics', 'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules' ], ) Any suggestions? Thanks ML -- Maurice LING, BSc(Hons)(Biochem), BSc(Comp), FIFA, MACM Lecturer, Chemical and Life Sciences, Singapore Polytechnic Co-Editor-in-Chief, The Python Papers Anthology Firebird Foundation Committee Member Secretary, University of Melbourne Alumni Association (Singapore) mobile: +6596669233, +6568707927 resume: http://maurice.vodien.com/maurice_resume.pdf www: http://maurice.vodien.com

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Re: [Distutils] why does pkg_resources call imp.load_module?
by P.J. Eby 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

At 02:06 PM 2/19/2009 +0000, Karsten Petersen wrote: >Hi, > >I'm trying to make Google App Engine work smoothly with setuptools >and I'm struggling to understand one specific piece of what >pkg_resources does. Would you mind giving me a hint? > >The question is basically: Why does _handle_ns() in pkg_resources >import other modules that implement the same namespace. It's not >using the module handle that is returned. I looked for side effects >but the only ones I found was that exceptions are raised if the >other modules are broken and that the modules __file__ var is >changed to point to the last found module that implements the >namespace in question. > >What am I missing? In the unlikely event that one of the __init__.py's contains anything other than namespace setup code, loading the module ensures that it will be run. This was done for compatibility with older packages that use distutils hacks to create a namespace package. (i.e., shipping one package with the __init__.py, and the rest without it). Such packages need to have their __init__.py code run. It probably won't hurt anything too badly to leave it out, since it's strictly for compatibility with a configuration that's deprecated anyway. (At least, it's deprecated for setuptools.)

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Problems using easy_install to download my module
by Maurice Ling 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Hi, I've just registered 'copad' module with CheeseShop and tried to use easy_install to test but unsuccessful... witht he following error... ML-iB:/sw/lib/python2.5/site-packages mauriceling$ sudo easy_install copads Searching for copads Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/copads/ Reading http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/copads No local packages or download links found for copads error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('copads') Here is my setup.py from ez_setup import use_setuptools use_setuptools() from setuptools import setup, find_packages setup(name='copads', version='0.1', description='Collection of Python Algorithms and Data Structures', long_description='Collection of Python Algorithms and Data Structures', author='Maurice HT Ling', author_email='mauriceling(a)acm.org', url='http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/copads', license = 'GNU General Public License version 2', platform = 'OS independent', package_dir = {'copads' : 'src', 'copads.test' : 'test'}, packages = ['copads', 'copads.test'], classifiers=['Development Status :: 3 - Alpha', 'Intended Audience :: Developers', 'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)', 'Operating System :: OS Independent', 'Programming Language :: Python', 'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence', 'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics', 'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules' ], ) Any suggestions? Thanks ML -- Maurice LING, BSc(Hons)(Biochem), BSc(Comp), FIFA, MACM Lecturer, Chemical and Life Sciences, Singapore Polytechnic Co-Editor-in-Chief, The Python Papers Anthology Firebird Foundation Committee Member Secretary, University of Melbourne Alumni Association (Singapore) mobile: +6596669233, +6568707927 resume: http://maurice.vodien.com/maurice_resume.pdf www: http://maurice.vodien.com

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[ANN] stdeb 0.2.3 released
by Andrew Straw 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

Hot on the heels of stdeb 0.2.2 comes 0.2.3. More fantastic features for this Python-package-to-debian-package automator, you ask? Only one, a --ignore-install-requires option added by Brett (last name unknown). More importantly, however, are a couple bugfixes from Brett and Zooko O'Whielacronx for the new --autofind-depends option. Get it while it, and your new Lenny installation, are hot. (It also works for Ubuntu.) The homepage: http://github.com/astraw/stdeb Download: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/stdeb/0.2.3 -Andrew

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[buildout] how do I force an egg to rebuild?
by Chris Withers 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Hi All, As a result of the Debian 5.0 release, psycopg2 needs to be recompiled to use the new shared library: import psycopg2 as psycopg File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/psycopg2/__init__.py", line 60, in <module> File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/psycopg2/_psycopg.py", line 7, in <module> File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/psycopg2/_psycopg.py", line 6, in __bootstrap__ ImportError: libpq.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory How do I tell buildout to recompile this egg? cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk

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bdist_rpm: spec file: %config
by Gerry Reno 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

I've been looking at the spec file that 'bdist_rpm' generates and I do not see a %config or %config(noreplace) section. Is there a way to generate a %config section and specify a list of files? This is important so that config files do not get overwritten when using 'rpm -U'.

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console scripts in distutils
by Tarek Ziadé 15 Feb '09

15 Feb '09

Hello I really like the way setuptools wraps scripts depending on the platform. http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools#automatic-script-creation I am not talking about the entry_point feature, but the way it creates executables. What would people think about making that feature go into distutils itself to enhance the current script behavior? http://bugs.python.org/issue870479 Regards Tarek -- Tarek Ziadé | Association AfPy | www.afpy.org Blog FR | http://programmation-python.org Blog EN | http://tarekziade.wordpress.com/

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Uninstall command
by Tarek Ziadé 15 Feb '09

15 Feb '09

Hi, I started to write a detailed description of the uninstall feature based on the previous threads we had, and there are two points I'd like to discuss: 1. should the uninstall command be part of the Python interpreter itself ? for instance, be callable like this : $ python -r MyPackage or : $ python --remove-package MyPackage 2. If we add an uninstall command, it makes sense to me to add an install command as well, at the same level. maybe : $ python -a MyPackage or : $ python --add-package MyPackage Regards Tarek -- Tarek Ziadé | Association AfPy | www.afpy.org Blog FR | http://programmation-python.org Blog EN | http://tarekziade.wordpress.com/

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