On 27 May 2000, M.-A. Lemburg said:
It would probably be wise to have one setup.py file per ZIP archive. The ZIP archives have predefined content and the setup.py files could have this information hard-coded somewhere.
Good point. Does this mean I don't have to worry about recursive setup scripts after all? ;-)
I would have to move away from my current installation logic though (simply unzipping and then compiling in place). With distutils help this shouldn't be much of a problem though (I hope ;-).
Yes, please do! The idea of having to unpack a distribution archive in a particular place has always deeply offended me; the fact that more than one Python module distributor thought this was a good idea is one of the things that motivated me to do the Distutils in the first place. IOW, forcing you to build in one place and install to another place is a feature. Greg -- Greg Ward - just another /P(erl|ython)/ hacker gward@python.net http://starship.python.net/~gward/ Always look on the bright side of life.