On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 3:50 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Even on the "hard" cases like Windows, it may be possible to define a > standard approach that goes something along the lines of defining a > standard location that (somehow) gets added to the load path, and > interested parties provide DLLs for external dependencies, which the > users can then manually place in those locations. that't pretty much what conda is :-) though it adds the ability to handle multiple environments, and tools so you don't have to manually place anything. It would probably be feasible to make a conda-for-everything-but-python-itself. I'm just not sure that would buy you much. -CHB Or there's the > option that's been mentioned before, but never (to my knowledge) > developed into a complete proposal, for packaging up external > dependencies as wheels. > Folks were working on this at Pycon last spring -- any progress? > In some ways, Windows is actually an *easier* platform in this regard, > as it's much more consistent in what it does provide - the CRT, and > nothing else, basically. So all of the rest of the "external > dependencies" need to be shipped, which is a bad thing, but there's no > combinatorial explosion of system dependencies to worry about, which > is good and pretty much what manylinux is about, yes? -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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