Hello! On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:41 AM, <david.lyon@preisshare.net> wrote:
Hi All,
I am a developer from other languages and find myself on python now.
I'm wondering if anybody has objections to doing a package management gui for python.
My design suggestions would be to:
- use WXWidgets (cross compatability for most pythonic platforms) - provide a GUI wrapper for EasyInstall - source packages from http://pypi.python.org/pypi
It seems we have most of the componentry in place. The problem seems to be that it doesn't come together in a very user friendly way at the moment that is cohesive.
Can anybody/everybody flame/tell me why we shouldn't work to simplify this area of python ?
I am one of developers working on the Python support in NetBeans project: http://wiki.netbeans.org/Python. I am working on the design of a "Egg Manager" in NetBeans, which will enable the Python developer to manage the "eggs" from NetBeans IDE itself. The manager will use 'easy_install' for the time being, via its XML-RPC interface, and will have support for user created 'virtualenv' platforms. This I am sure will be a definite value addition to the Python developers who are working with NetBeans. Coming to your question,( I am a newbie to this area), but seems like 'PyPI' is perhaps the best way to go with if anyone wants to design something related Package manager for Python and 'easy_install' will be the background working 'thread'. Just my 2-cents.. -Amit
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