On Jul 20, 2007, at 4:09 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > At 07:06 AM 7/19/2007 -0400, Jim Fulton wrote: >> I've created and experimental prototype setuptools-specific package >> index at >> >> http://download.zope.org/ppix >> >> Going to that page gives brief instructions for using it with >> easy_install and zc.buildout. > > FYI, the handling of homepage and download links is broken. You > have e.g. 'meta="homepage"' instead of 'rel="homepage"', so > easy_install doesn't pick these up and look for links there, > meaning that ppix fails to find downloads for e.g. pywin32 which is > hosted at Sourceforge.
Doh! Fixed. > (On a perhaps not entirely unrelated note, the Cheeseshop appears > to be down at the moment: > > """Error... > > There's been a problem with your request > > psycopg.OperationalError: no connection to the server""") > > > By the way, I'd suggest explaining (or linking to an explanation) > on the ppix main page describing how to configure easy_install such > that the '-i' option isn't necessary. If you send me some text, I'd be happy to add it to the ppix main page. > Perhaps we could add an example to the EasyInstall docs somewhere > near: > > http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#creating-your- > own-package-index > > and then link to it from the ppix page. +1 Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig