On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Marcus Smith <qwc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> umm, why not? you couldn't have a pySide wheel??? >> > > just saying that the anaconda index literally has packages for "qt" > itself, the c++ library. > http://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/linux-64/qt-4.8.5-0.tar.bz2 > > and it's pyside packages require that. > > That appears to be how Anaconda does things -- creates a conda package that hols just the shared libs, then another one that holds the python packages that use those libs. (I think there is a freetype one, for instance) It's a nice way to let multiple packages share the same dynamic libs, while still keeping them part of the packaging and dependency system. But I don't see why you couldn't do the same thing with wheels... (and I'm not sure there's a point if there is nothing else that uses the same libs...) > my understanding is that you could build a pyside wheel that was > statically linked to qt. > > which is how it's usually done for stuff like that -- or a lot of shared libs are bundles in. > as to whether a wheel could just package "qt". that's what I don't know, > and if it could, the wheel spec doesn't cover that use case. > you'd have to make up a "fake" python package -- but it wouldn't have to have anything in it (Or not much...) -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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