(I'll be CC'ing the distutils sig in to these replies as this discussion probably belongs there...) Nicolas Chauvat wrote:
The slides for my two talks can be found here:
"Python Package Management Sucks"
Install debian and get back to productive tasks.
This is an almost troll-like answer. See page 35 of the presentation. If you're too lazy, here's a re-hash: - there are lots of different operating systems - even with Linux, there are many different package management systems - all the package management systems behave differently and expect packages to be set up differently for them - expecting package developers to shoulder this burden is unfair and results in various bitrotting repackaged versions of python packages rather than just one up-to-date version maintained by the entity originating the python package - Adobe Photoshop Plugins, Firefox Add-ons, etc do not delegate their management to an OS package manager. Packages are Python's "plugins" and so should get the same type of consistent, cross-platform package management targetted at the application in question, which is Python in this case. cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk