Chris Gonnerman <ch...@gonnerman.org> writes: > On 07/30/2012 04:20 AM, Dieter Maurer wrote: > ... >> I find it very stupid to see several window scrolls of changes for >> a package but to learn how to install the package, I have to download its >> source... > Not sure I get this. The installation procedure for PollyReports is > the same as for, what, 99% of Python source packages? > > sudo python setup.py install > > What else are you saying I should do?
This remark was not targeted at "PollyReports" but (in general) at packages with non-trivial installation procedures which nevertheless state on the overview page "for installation read the separate installation instructions (in the source distribution)". As a side note: playing well with python package managers ("easy_install", "pip", "zc.buildout", ...) could make it even simpler than "sudo python setup.py install". -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list