Need better packaging (was Re: [Python-Dev] SQLite module for Python 2.5)

[Brett C.]

Jim Fulton wrote:
> Brett C. wrote:
> 
>> Jim Fulton wrote:
>>
>>> M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> Maybe we should have this discussion on more general grounds:
>>>> do we really want a fat Python distribution or should we focus
>>>> more on making installation of third-party tools easier ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think you hit the nail on the head.  For myself, I think we want to
>>> make it *much* easier to install 3rd-party tools.  I also think we need
>>> to make it *much* easier to *update* the modules that come with Python
>>> without having to wait for a new Python release (much as it is easy to
>>> update packages in a linux distribution).
>>>
>>
>> OK, so is everyone
> 
> 
> So far, we're far from everyone. :)
> 

I have a tendency of talking too broadly when it comes to referring to others 
as a group.

>  > just talking about coming up with our own version of
> 
>> CPAN, or does this also include replacing Distutils?
> 
> 
> I see this building on or working with distutils.
>

OK.

>> And for those of you not in the Mac world, MacPython already has 
>> something called packman that downloads 3rd-party apps and installs 
>> them by running their setup.py scripts.
> 
> 
> Right, I refered to that in my note.
> 

Oops.  Sorry.  Been doing a networking assignment this week and it has 
thoroughly fried my brain.

-Brett