Now that I've gotten your attention :) Seriously, though, I am not proposing that there *never* be additions to the standard library -- instead, I simply want 'easy_install' to work 100% of the time, so that there's much less reason to add something to the standard library.
In fact, I would go a step further and say that I'd like to see the standard library cut in half. For backwards compatibility with existing Python programs, you would simply type 'easy_install legacy', and all of the old "batteries included" modules would be installed for you. For writing *new* programs however, you could use a much lighter, slimmer distribution. How's that for Py3000 cruft removal? :) Unfortunately, the main obstacle at the moment is that about 50% of the packages out there aren't compatible with setuptools. About 50% of the time when I say 'easy_install <bleargh>' it downloads the package and then says 'setup.py' not found. Moreover, I want 'easy_uninstall' to work just as easily, and I want it to clean up the installed package without a trace. I want to be able to download X, check it out, say "blech, I don't like X", uninstall, and have no guilt or loose files cluttering up my site-packages. -- Talin _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
