[Pythonmac-SIG] Pack Man issues on OS X 10.3.4

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Bob Ippolito wrote:

>>This gives an idea: would DarwinPackages or Fink be viable 
>>alternatives for MacPython package management? This would certainly 
>>save the time and hassle of rewriting and maintaining PackMan if a 
>>standard existing system could be leveraged immediately more or 
>>less for free.
>>
>>Anyone familiar with OS X-compatible package managers have any 
>>thoughts on this?
>
>Not possible, Fink and DarwinPorts both use their own version of Python.

I don't mean you should install and use their version of Python 
(which seems a bit of a stupid reinventing-the-wheel exercise), just 
use them to manage third-party packages for MacPython where a 
straight distutils-only approach isn't adequate for the task (which 
is the justification for creating PackMan in the first place, if I 
understand correctly).

Can that be done (or made to work for minimal effort), or are they 
really dumb enough that they can't play properly with anyone else?

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