On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 8:39 AM, AltSheets Dev < altsheets+mailingli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > consider adding some code to the installer itself > Wouldn't it be great if setuptools.setup provided that option, and > OS-independent? > well, no. setuptools is a bit of an (ugly?) amalgamation of build tool, install tool, etc... we are trying to clean that up, so that setuptools is a built tool, and pip is the install tool (and each can be replaced by other options for your use-case). so it would be pip that would need a post-install-hook. Thought that's tricky too -- where would you put that code, with binary wheels, or ??? You might look at the conda package manager -- I"m pretty sure it has a post-install hook. https://github.com/conda/conda Great. That sounds as if it is perhaps the way to go then, thanks a lot. > > Sounds as if it can do exactly what I need. > > However then ... aren't I stuck with a windows-only solution? > yup. :-( -CHB -- 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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