Terry Reedy wrote:
Even though I currently only have 80 ... I realize that my stinginess
> with disk space for more serious stuff is obsolete. A gigabyte would
> cover Python + Wxpython + numarray + scipy + pygame + a lot
of other stuff.
Would it be possible, at least for Windows, to write a Python script
implementing a 'virtual distribution'?
> IE, download Python, install it, download next package, install it,
> etc. -- prefereably table driven?
I would suggest looking to the Enthought distribution as a reasonable
base (gets you an awful lot). Enthought has a _large_ collection,
covering a lot of stuff that has general utility. Their production
stuff is still at Python 2.3.3, but I believe they have a 2.4 version
coming soon. The list of what they put in the 2.3.3 package is truly
impressive:
wxPython, PIL, VTK, MayaVi, Numeric, SciPy, ScientificPython,
F2PY, Chaco, Traits, PyCrust, ZODB, Gadfly, PySQLite, and ctypes.
All for one sub-90-Meg download. I add VPython to get dirt-simple 3-D
stuff; you'd probably add pygame. The key to this is Enthought's
attention to testing a stable "sumo" collection. I add a few packages
that are much more anachronistic. My thought basically is that, since
I want at least four of the packages, getting a "blessed" superset eases
my installation woes.
If you can wait, the plan for MacEnthon (Python 2.4 on Mac) looks great:
http://www.scipy.org/wikis/featurerequests/MacEnthon
I seem to remember discussion about synchronizing with the windows 2.4
version to have essentially the same list.
--Scott David Daniels
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