Hi. I have an open-source application development environment that I would like to enable an automated package download system for (like downloadable plugins), using sourceforge as its repository. My software will have a menu-based popup window, that will list the packages (Applications) available through the project distribution page. If a user selects a package from this window, it should be automatically retrieved and installed by the development environment. My software already has a system for automatically recognizing and deploying new packages, so I'm only asking for help with distribution logistics, I think.
I'm thinking that I will use the built-in ftplib to list and retrieve the files (but I'm not sure yet where to look), and then the distutils should probably be used in a standardized manner to actually install the packages, right? I've established a CVS, but I'm not aware of any built-in-python tools for managing the CVS, and I would rather not add any new user-has-to-download-dependencies for this. Is there an easier or alternative advisable approach? I have a linux box, should I be using it to build all of the platform versions? Any advice would be much appreciated, this is my first distribution project (sourceforge.net/projects/spade). Thanks a bunch, Deacon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
