Python needs a CPyAN

[Mike Meyer]

Isaac To <iketo2 at netscape.net> writes:

>>>>>> "Gerhard" == Gerhard Haering <gh at ghaering.de> writes:
>
>     Gerhard> Well, could have happened with a Debian [*] or *BSD,
>     Gerhard> etc. update as well, right?
>
> Yes, userss of systems with proper package management shouldn't want
> to install anything from CPAN.  On the other hand, there are many
> people who are stuck with a braindead distribution or even OS that
> doesn't have proper package management, or whose packages are severely
> limited.

Actually, what people on systems with proper package management want
is packages that pull stuff from CPAN and install them as
packages. Doing this right is hard, because CPAN makes assumptions
about where things are liable to be installed. For Python, what we
want are packages that use distutils to install them as
packages. Doing this right is trivial, because distutils gets all the
relevant information from the environment.

         <mike
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