On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:19:25 -0700, "Sridhar Ratnakumar"
Just throwing out some ideas:
Wouldn't it be better for package authors to register their packages in PYPI?
It already exists (be it in command line form). See: http://docs.python.org/distutils/uploading.html
They don't have to upload the entire tarball .. but even giving a /direct link/ to this would be sufficient. Would providing pypi plugin that uploads sdist's to SourceForge (or freshmeat, so on) make this process easier for package authors? Maybe then the network effect will make setuptools not rely too much on the unreliable download logic .. as
eventually most SF packages would have a download link on PyPI for every
subsequent release.
imho the distutils core code is quite good. But it is a little unfriendly to those who don't like command lines (like me - because I can't remember them) I've been tossing around doing a GUI interface for building packages and doing the pypi upload. I think a lot can be done to improve the process too. But you too can play a part to imrove things being at ActiveState.. Why don't you have a look at building in the Python Package Manager into ActivePython. After all, ActivePerl has a package manager.. why can't the same thing be available to python users? Regards David