On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:27, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. (Meta-requirement) I want to be able to download a Windows > installer[1] for *every* package I need.
I would like to know why you have this requirement. Some sort of Windows binary, absolutely. But an installer? Would a package management GUI be enough? A Windows software that can install (and remove) eggs? > 1a. This means that the barrier for packagers building Windows > installers should be as low as possible. Agreed. > 1b. It also means that other formats (e.g. eggs) should offer no > benefit over Windows installers Well... they don't, do they? Except that they can be easy_installed, right? -- Lennart Regebro: Pythonista, Barista, Notsotrista. http://regebro.wordpress.com/ +33 661 58 14 64 _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
