sick of distribute, setup, and all the rest...

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Mon Nov 28 09:04:26 EST 2011


On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:14:27 -0800, rusi wrote:

> On Nov 28, 4:42 pm, Steven D'Aprano <steve
> +comp.lang.pyt... at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> We don't chase people down on the street and lecture them about the
>> problems we think they are having, we answer questions about ACTUAL
>> problems that they have experienced and asking about.
> 
>> ... ever question gets an answer, and we're discussing things about as
>> much as we ought to.
> 
> How about applying these claims to the OP?

The OP ranted that the existing packaging systems are an "all-out 
disgrace" (his words), without giving even a single example of a concrete 
problem, and unilaterally declared that this needs the personal attention 
of Guido van Rossum. There's a word for posts like that one: starts with 
T, ends in ROLL.

Presumably the OP believes that not only should he not have to solve his 
own problems with existing packaging systems, but he should not have to 
even describe those supposed problems.

The OP's only question was "when is python going to get a decent module 
distribution system???", to which the right answer is presumably "about a 
decade ago".

Decent does not necessarily mean perfect. If the OP decides to ask a 
sensible question about an actual problem, I'm sure he'll get a sensible 
answer. Perhaps not the answer he is hoping for, but an an answer.


-- 
Steven



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