At 06:26 PM 6/29/2009 -0700, Andrew Straw wrote:
I'm getting a similar issue (easy_install failing on sourceforge) when trying to download Pyro:
$ easy_install -eb. Pyro /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Pyrex/Compiler/Errors.py:17: DeprecationWarning: BaseException.message has been deprecated as of Python 2.6 self.message = message Searching for Pyro Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/Pyro/ Reading http://pyro.sourceforge.net Reading http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=18837 No local packages or download links found for a source distribution of Pyro error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('Pyro')
The thing is, there is a source distribution of Pyro right there on the SourceForge website. Why doesn't this grab the .tar.gz file and build and install it? I thought setuptools did this automatically. Perhaps my memory is failing me. (It wouldn't be the first time.)
Two things. First, the correct URL for Pyro downloads is http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=18837&package_id=29259 . Second, Sourceforge has changed their pages again so that they no longer give direct links to downloadable files; instead, they link to a "downloading.php" which setuptools does not recognize as a downloadable file. I'm not sure when this changed on Sourceforge, but I do hope that SF users will complain long and loud about it.