that seems odd, do you have that same issue even if you use pip ? namespace packages are supported without setuptools as it falls back onto pkgutil.extend_path.
also --no-site-packages is the default now and not using it is a little crazy... On Apr 15, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Mike Orr wrote: > I don't know much about namespace packages, but I'd avoid them as they > lead to occasional problems on some systems. For instance, I can't > install Pyramid without --no-site-packages on some versions of Ubuntu, > because the "zope." namespace is split between the system > site-packages and the virtualenv's, and Python apparently can't handle > this. Py2exe is not Setuptools aware yet, so it may not be compatible > with namespace packages. (So far I haven't had a problem with Pylons > and Py2exe -- including SQLAlchemy -- as long as all imports are > listed explicitly rather than using Routes "autoload", but it may be > when I switch an application to Pyramid.) > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Michael Bayer <mike...@zzzcomputing.com> > wrote: >> it seems like my entire concept of having "root" and "root.subpackage", the >> way "sqlalchemy" and "sqlalchemy.orm" do, is just entirely wrong from a >> "namespace package" point of view. While I think what I'm doing does >> actually work, this is not what anyone had in mind with "namespace packages". >> >> I'm tempted to just merge these two things together. But I think I'll just >> move "dogpile" into "dogpile.core" and just get in line with everyone else. >> >> >> >> On Apr 14, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Michael Bayer wrote: >> >>> I think I released the dogpile.cache stuff incorrectly, actually installing >>> the packages it seems like I got the namespace package stuff wrong. I >>> have the "pkg_resources.declare_namespace" directive in the >>> dogpile/__init__.py of dogpile.cache but not of dogpile, and it appears >>> that this needs to be exactly the opposite. >>> >>> Can someone help me set up dogpile and dogpile.cache correctly? Here's a >>> paste of what *seems* to work: >>> >>> http://paste.pocoo.org/show/581532/ >>> >>> the questions I have are: >>> >>> 1. Is it OK if I have "__version__" and a few other things in >>> dogpile/__init__.py of the root project ? this seems to work, as "dogpile" >>> is always imported first, but the docs at >>> http://packages.python.org/distribute/setuptools.html#namespace-packages >>> might suggest otherwise: >>> >>> "You must NOT include any other code and data in a namespace package’s >>> __init__.py. Even though it may appear to work during development, or when >>> projects are installed as .egg files, it will not work when the projects >>> are installed using “system” packaging tools – in such cases the >>> __init__.py files will not be installed, let alone executed." >>> >>> 2. since "dogpile" is always imported first it seems like I don't need >>> anything in the dogpile/__init__.py of that of dogpile.cache ? >>> >>> 3. or is "dogpile" not always imported first in this scenario ? how >>> would I see that ? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "pylons-discuss" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> pylons-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "pylons-discuss" group. >> To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> pylons-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Mike Orr <sluggos...@gmail.com> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "pylons-discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > pylons-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to pylons-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en.
