CPAN for Python?

[Martijn Faassen]

Tres Seaver <tseaver at aftershock.neosoft.com> wrote:
> In article <slrn874buo.2do.coursesm at sbdhcp-4022.statenisland-ny.est.tcg.com>,
> Stephen Coursen <coursesm at sbdhcp-4022.statenisland-ny.est.tcg.com> wrote:

[a module to access the Vaults]
>>That would be a useful module to have, but for it to work, there would have
>>to be a standard installation mechanism.  Perl uses:
>>     perl Makefile.pl
>>     make
>>     make install
>>     
>>If python had a standard way of installing modules, writing a parnassus.py
>>script would be easy.  Unfortunately, not every module installs the same way
>>(although there seems to be only a few different methodologies).

> The distutils SIG will be reporting at IPC8/DevDay: here's hoping they are
> thinking along theses lines.

I was at least thinking about these lines. Tim (of the Vaults) and the
distutils people have been talking, so I'm hoping something will come of
this too.

I think there's a good chance we'll see something like this (Vaults +
distutils) within this year. That'd be Way Cool. :)

Regards,

Martijn
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