Matt Hickford added the comment: For comparison, Ruby ships with a package manager, Gem. If a user tries to install a package with C extensions, they are given this user-friendly message:
> Please update your PATH to include build tools or download the DevKit from > 'http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads' and follow the instructions at > 'http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit' ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2943> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com