Hi, I was trying to install Scipy with easy_install and it seems that downloading from Sourceforge is no longer possible (Sourceforge no longer gives a direct link to the .tar.gz file) which makes the install fail. Would it be possible to always upload the latest Scipy tarball to PyPI ? Thanks Charles
Hi,
I was trying to install Scipy with easy_install and it seems that downloading from Sourceforge is no longer possible (Sourceforge no longer gives a direct link to the .tar.gz file) which makes the install fail.
Would it be possible to always upload the latest Scipy tarball to PyPI ?
It's possible, but because that encourages the use of easy_install/pip it would probably give more problems than that it helps. Just today there was a
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Charles Vejnar <ce@vejnar.eu> wrote: thread on numpy-discussion about pip failing and standard "python setup.py install" fixing the problem. easy_install is just as problematic as pip, if not more so. People should really be encouraged to install from binaries, and otherwise follow the build instructions for their platform. Cheers, Ralf
On 06/01/2010 12:15 AM, Ralf Gommers wrote:
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Charles Vejnar <ce@vejnar.eu <mailto:ce@vejnar.eu>> wrote:
Hi,
I was trying to install Scipy with easy_install and it seems that downloading from Sourceforge is no longer possible (Sourceforge no longer gives a direct link to the .tar.gz file) which makes the install fail.
Would it be possible to always upload the latest Scipy tarball to PyPI ?
It's possible, but because that encourages the use of easy_install/pip it would probably give more problems than that it helps. Just today there was a thread on numpy-discussion about pip failing and standard "python setup.py install" fixing the problem. easy_install is just as problematic as pip, if not more so.
Unfortunately, people will always use those half broken tools. I think we should at least put the tarballs - I also used to put a simple executable (result of bdist_wininst) so that easy_install numpy works on windows. cheers, David
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:09 AM, David <david@silveregg.co.jp> wrote:
On 06/01/2010 12:15 AM, Ralf Gommers wrote:
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Charles Vejnar <ce@vejnar.eu <mailto:ce@vejnar.eu>> wrote:
Hi,
I was trying to install Scipy with easy_install and it seems that downloading from Sourceforge is no longer possible (Sourceforge no longer gives a direct link to the .tar.gz file) which makes the install fail.
Would it be possible to always upload the latest Scipy tarball to
PyPI ?
It's possible, but because that encourages the use of easy_install/pip it would probably give more problems than that it helps. Just today there was a thread on numpy-discussion about pip failing and standard "python setup.py install" fixing the problem. easy_install is just as problematic as pip, if not more so.
Unfortunately, people will always use those half broken tools. I think we should at least put the tarballs - I also used to put a simple executable (result of bdist_wininst) so that easy_install numpy works on windows.
OK, I'll do the same then.
Ralf
On Tuesday 01 June 2010, Ralf Gommers wrote:
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:09 AM, David <david@silveregg.co.jp> wrote:
On 06/01/2010 12:15 AM, Ralf Gommers wrote:
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Charles Vejnar <ce@vejnar.eu
<mailto:ce@vejnar.eu>> wrote: Hi,
I was trying to install Scipy with easy_install and it seems that downloading from Sourceforge is no longer possible (Sourceforge no longer gives a direct link to the .tar.gz file) which makes the install fail.
Would it be possible to always upload the latest Scipy tarball to
PyPI ?
It's possible, but because that encourages the use of easy_install/pip it would probably give more problems than that it helps. Just today there was a thread on numpy-discussion about pip failing and standard "python setup.py install" fixing the problem. easy_install is just as problematic as pip, if not more so.
Unfortunately, people will always use those half broken tools. I think we should at least put the tarballs - I also used to put a simple executable (result of bdist_wininst) so that easy_install numpy works on windows.
OK, I'll do the same then.
Ralf
Thank you Charles
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