>>>> I was always able to get what I need through aptitude. >>> Yes, well known for its ability to run on Windows and Mac OS... >> Is it? I had never heard before that aptitude works well on >> Windows (although it does work on OSX). > > I'm actually not quite sure if that was a sarcastic response to Chris's > original sarcasm, or if the original sarcasm just didn't cross the > language barrier very well...
The former, in this case. > I believe that was Chris's point as well - unlike Linux, getting new > packages directly from third parties rather than from a distro provided > repository is still the norm on Windows and OS X. Sure. However, I don't think that Chris' proposed solution (whatever that is) would improve my life - it would likely make things worse for me (already the introduction of eggs made the life worse for Debian package maintainers, at least initially - i.e. for a few years). Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
