Benjamin Peterson writes: > I should qualify: We shouldn't distribute distribution-specific files > for which we don't provide binaries.
Probably it belongs in a "contrib" area of the tree, but one of the things I find really annoying about distros is the way they refuse to use my perfectly good locally built Python (XEmacs, Mailman, Django, Zope, ...). Having the magic incantation to persuade them that the locally built software satisfies dependencies in the source itself is very convenient. In fact, even if you *do* provide binaries it may be useful to have both the "provided" installer configuration (which may require things like DBMSes, perhaps several of them) and a bare-bones config for DIYers to use. (Violates TOOWTDI, I know, but PBP sometimes.) _______________________________________________ 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
