[Distutils] New packagers

[Mark W. Alexander]

On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> Marc Alexandar has submitted two new packagers for distutils
> a while ago. I would like to add these to distutils, however,
> I can't test them.
> 
> Solaris:
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=415227&group_id=5470&atid=305470
> 
> HP-UX:
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=415228&group_id=5470&atid=305470

They both require the generic bdist_packager class as well:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=415226&group_id=5470&atid=305470

All 3 are independent files have have no impact on any other modules.
Assuming they work as advertised for someone besides me, I'll add a
patch to include them in format_command.

> Could someone give them a go ?

I'm actually behind (just got python 2.2 on my Solaris boxes, we're
moving away from HP so I've been completely ignoring them), so I
need to get the latest distutils and make sure they still fit right.
But if anyone finds problems I'll work through them as fast as I can.

> Also, docs are still missing for the packagers -- if someone
> has a few spare cycles, please add these to the patches.

Are there any guidelines for packager docs anywhere? I'll make the
cycles if I can get a kickstart.

Mark (with a K, btw)

p.s. Thanks for prodding these through. They Work For Me (TM), but I'd
like to have "official" support for more platforms in distutils...