On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:17 PM, David Lyon <david.l...@preisshare.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am pleased to announce that we have started a new python > project on sourceforge. > > Python Package Manager > pythonpkgmgr.sourceforge.net > > The goal is to provide a cross platform GUI tool that will > vastly simplify loading and installing packages under python. > > - written in python > - use WXWidgets for cross compatability > - utilises distutils > - provide a GUI wrapper for EasyInstall and pip > - fetches packages from http://pypi.python.org/pypi > using their XML-RPC interface. > > Feel free to apply to join the project and help us build the solution that > we all need and deserve. > > Regards David Lyon
What's wrong with Enstaller from Enthought ? Can I make a few suggestions ? To be truly cross platform, consider using the Tcl/Tk toolkit rather tahn wxWindows. Why ? Because Tcl/TK is packaged and provided along with most Python distributions. Also, to reduce the amount of work you as developers need to do and to aid in the "code reuse" philosophy, I would not simply have wrappers around easy_install and pip, I would integrate as best as you can into these libraries without trying to add or rewrite too much. Also, consider integrating with yolk as well, as it provides some food features and functionality that easy_install and pip don't provide. cheers James -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
