It's true (see thread below) - I have been scared away from asking questions about distutils. But here I go... Can someone help me. I think this is quite a common problem but there doesn't appear to be any obvious answer: Can someone suggest how I can write a setup.py for a pure-Python application that should install on both Linux and Windows? The application includes a startup script, a package, and some data files (or package data) referred to by some modules in the package. The Linux version will be distributed as a source distribution. The Windows version will be distributed as a bdist_wininst, and should create a shortcut in the Start Menu folder. An answer will not only receive my heartfelt thanks, but be posted on the web (http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~noel/distutils), so that others will not have the same problem. A method that will work for both Python 2.3 and 2.4 would be the most appreciated. ---------contents of development directory setup.py README MANIFEST.in license.txt src/ startupscript.py mypkg/ __init__.py module_a.py help.html images/ shamrock.png Regards, Noel On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 14:22 -0500, Stephen Langer wrote:
On Dec 7, 2005, at 12:10 PM, Ian Bicking wrote:
Kevin Dangoor wrote:
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In the months that I've been subscribed to this list, I haven't really seen any *other* discussion that seems geared towards improving distribution of Python modules and add-ons.
Ditto. Setuptools is the most active distutils-related development right now, no surprise there's lots of messages on it. The volume is a *good* thing ;)
I guess the concern is that the dominance of setuptools message is scaring away people with old-fashioned distutils questions. There haven't been many of those lately, and some of them seem to have received no response. I don't think that splitting the list in two is a solution, though. There's not enough traffic to warrant that (except for a brief spurt a week or so ago...)
-- Steve