Couldn't agree with you more. What would be fantastic is if I could drop into the Pypi (and/or use easy_install) and download automatically compiled versions of extension modules for different versions of python.
I'm sure the community at large would be happy to chip in an annual fee to help build/maintain this infrastructure: I know my firm would. PS: IMHO The growth of Ruby is, to a large extent, due to easy installation of modules via its gem system... On Sep 28, 6:53 pm, John Nagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Insofar as Python has an organization, it's not adequately managing > extension modules. Each extension module has its own infrastructure, > with its own build procedures, its own bug list, and its own maintainers. > There's not even an archive. Unlike CPAN, Cheese Shop is just a directory of > URLs. > > Take a look at how Perl does it. Here are the instructions on > how to contribute to CPAN: > > http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html > > There's a way to get your module into the system, a standardized format, > build, and installation procedure, and an archive which is mirrored. > There's a common bug reporting system. Modules abandoned by their > original developers are not lost, and can be "adopted" by someone else. > > Python doesn't have any of this. And that's far more of a problem > than Python 3.x. > > John Nagle -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
