2009/3/28 Stephen J. Turnbull <step...@xemacs.org>: > > Sure, but use for internal distribution is very different from to > problem its being asked to solve now, isn't it? IIUC, you're > basically using RPM as an installer for a standalone application, > where you set policy at both ends, packaging and installation. This > may be a group of modules which may have internal interdependencies, > but very likely the environment doesn't change much. Pretty much > anything will do in that kind of situation, and I don't think it would > matter to you if there are zero, one, or twelve such tools in stdlib, > as long as there's one you like in PyPI somewhere.
I myself would never use such a tool, unless sanctioned by my OS vendor, because I would not trust it not to break my system. But I think bdist_rpm and bdist_deb solve a real deficiency: no uninstallation feature. Thinking of it, that's exactly why I like bdist_wininst so much when I am on windows (and because the consequences of a bad installer from bdist_wininst seem minimal on windows, seems everything is one directory). David _______________________________________________ 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