[python-win32] pywin32 install via setuptools -- conclusion?

[Mike Driscoll]

Christopher Galvan wrote:
> Michael Gundlach wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Mike Driscoll
>> <mdriscoll at co.marshall.ia.us> wrote:
>>  
>>> Michael Gundlach wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry to be dense, but I assume you mean the ActiveState cookbook 
>>>> at http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/ ?
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> He's probably referring to "ActivePython":
>>>
>>> http://www.activestate.com/Products/activepython/index.mhtml
>>> http://www.activestate.com/Products/activepython/feature_list.mhtml
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>     
>>
>> Thanks, Mike.
>>
>> Michel, thanks for the tip.  Having my users install the ActivePython
>> distribution isn't really a better solution, as I'd just be replacing
>> "install pywin32" with "install ActivePython".
>>
>> Instead, I'm looking for a way to use distutils to install my module
>> on a user's computer, and at the same time, install the necessary bits
>> of pywin32 so that COM object consumption and COM event registration
>> are supported.  That way, the user just types
>>
>>     easy_install <my_package_name>
>>
>> and voila, everything is in place.
>>
>> If this doesn't exist yet for pywin32, I might be willing to have a go
>> at writing the patch, if I had some pointers.  Perhaps it would be
>> possible to make a distutils pywin32 package which turned around,
>> downloaded the install executable, and ran it; then module developers
>> could install_requires pywin32 and it would Just Work.  I'm new to
>> distutils, pywin32, and COM, but I'm willing to learn :)
>>
>> Any more ideas, anyone?
>>
>> Michael
>> _______________________________________________
>>   
> I work for a company called Enthought who also ships a Python 
> Distribution(EPD) which includes an 'egg' version
> of pywin32 that someone could easy_install.  The entire distribution 
> is free, but unfortunately there is an annual fee
> to access the egg repository for individual packages.  However, I 
> would be more than willing to help you get
> started  with using setuptools and creating an egg for pywin32 :).  
> Even if the pywin32 project doesn't upload the egg to
> PyPi, there is still another way through setuptools to make a single 
> install step for your users.
>
> -- Chris Galvan
>
If they don't want it, I can host the egg at pythonlibrary.org. Let me 
know if I can help. I'm kind of green with the setuptools / easy_install 
thing too, but it's on my "TODO" list of things to learn.

Mike