On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Jess Austin <jess.aus...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > I recently suggested that the "gv" package be added to PyPI. This is a > close-to-C Graphviz port distributed by the Graphviz graph visualization > project. They currently distribute this package in source, and in rpms, > debs, and the equivalents of those for Windows, Mac, and Solaris. It seemed > only natural that a small entry in PyPI be added so that "pip" would be able > to install this package in a straightforward way (i.e., without using "git" > references etc). > > The issue tracker url for this suggestion: > > http://www.graphviz.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=2324 > > As you can see at that link, the maintainer had some difficulty when trying > to create the project through the web form, culminating in a "Not found()" > error message. I unfortunately don't have a great deal of insight into this, > but I thought someone on this list might be able to help. > > Alternatively, please tell me if I'm making an unreasonable suggestion. It > was my understanding that "pip" is able to find installable files from even > quite rudimentary PyPI entries, even if they're hosted elsewhere. However, > if that's not the case, and the PyPI entry would require extensive ongoing > interaction from the "gv" maintainers, then this probably isn't going to > work.
It would require ongoing interaction with *somebody*, in order to update the download links whenever a new version is released. Note, too, that unless there is a specific download for the Python binding that uses setup.py to invoke its build process, a PyPI listing won't make the binding pip-installable. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
