[Pythonmac-SIG] PackageManager maintainer questions

[Jack Jansen]

On dinsdag, mei 27, 2003, at 21:32 Europe/Amsterdam, Kevin Ollivier 
wrote:
>>> BTW. Moving some logic into a seperate process might also help with 
>>> the problem that 'import wxPython' interferes with the runloop of 
>>> the PackageManager itself.
>>
>> Doable, but not easy. It would require putting a client/server stub 
>> between PackageManager and pimp.
>
> Actually, thinking about this, what about using popen or something 
> similar and starting a separate instance of Python to run the module 
> installation test code? This would handle the case where, for whatever 
> reason, an extension or module caused a crash (i.e. corrupt 
> installation, etc.) without taking down PackageManager as well.

I don't think this is worth it. It would still require to think up some 
protocol, and only really with the benefit that PackageManager wouldn't 
crash. If it crashes: too bad, blame the scapegoat:-)
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