[Distutils] how to easily consume just the parts of eggs that are good for you

[Dave Peterson]

Paul Moore wrote:
> On 09/04/2008, Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>   
>> "Stanley A. Klein" <sklein at cpcug.org> writes:
>>  > A reasonable way to deal with Windows would be to create a package
>>  > manager for it that could be used by Python and anyone else who
>>     
>>> wanted to use it. [...] This is primarily a Windows problem, not a
>>>       
>>  > Python problem.
>>
>>  I'd rephrase this as: If you *must* re-invent package management for
>>  those legacy systems without it, please *don't* make it specific to
>>  Python.
>>     
>
> And I would say that Windows doesn't have a problem. Are any Windows
> users proposing building a package management system for Windows
> (Python-specific or otherwise)? It's a genuine question - is this
> something that Windows users are after, or is it just Linux users
> trying to show Windows users what they are missing?
>   

Depending on definition of package management system (which was recently 
debated here on the list,) I'd say the combination of setuptools, 
easy_install, and yolk make up a reasonable attempt at a system for 
Python projects (I prefer to use the term projects rather than avoid 
confusion between a distribution package and a python package.)  Yes, 
they don't integrate with add/remove programs, but you can easily 
install a project by name and have it depend on other projects, list the 
installed projects, and there is a documented process to uninstall them 
as well.

-- Dave

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