Kevin Teague wrote:
On Jun 30, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Scott David Daniels<Scott.Daniels@acm.org> wrote:
Tarek Ziadé wrote:
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Paul Moore<p.f.moore@gmail.com> wrote:
[1] I'd actually like it if the PEP defined an uninstall command - something like "python -m distutils.uninstall packagename". It can be as minimalist as you like, but I'd like to see it present. it's already there: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0376/#adding-an-uninstall-function That (at least as I read it) is a function, not a command. If it is a command, give an example of its use from the command line for us poor "don't want to research" people. If the following works: $ python setup.py uninstall some_package Then explicitly say so for us poor schlubs. Right, I'll add that. Although it will be a reference implementation only. Uninstall as a command feels a little weird.... I dunno what the right solution is. My two-cents is either to punt and only include an uninstall function as currently proposed, or for only supporting some form of the "python setup.py uninstall" style....
But for us poor schlubs, we want you brilliant packagers to actually come to a hard decision. If you want approval either admit you have no solution in the PEP (and detail the issues that prevent a decision), provide a minimally acceptable command, or expect that nobody sees the value of what you propose.... --Scott David Daniels Scott.Daniels@Acm.Org