Re: [Distutils] [Python-Dev] Adventures with x64, VS7 and VS8 on Windows

2007-05-29 Thread Nick Coghlan
Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> I have a set of extensions that use SWIG to wrap my own C++ library. >> This library, on a day-to-day basis is built against VS8 since the rest >> of our product suite is. Right now I have no way to work with this code >> using VS8 since the standard distribution is buil

Re: [Distutils] [Python-Dev] Adventures with x64, VS7 and VS8 on Windows

2007-05-29 Thread Kristján Valur Jónsson
> -Original Message- > From: "Martin v. Löwis" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Just imagine the a school teacher who in good faith wants to > introduce > > his pupils to the wonderful programming language of Python, but > > when he installs it, all kinds of scary looking warnings drive him >

Re: [Distutils] I need to create a customized Fedora live cd with Python applications on it

2007-05-29 Thread Stanley A. Klein
I found a report on bugzilla.redhat.com, "Bug 236535 Processed: brp-python-bytecompile does not work with bdist-rpm target" and am cc:'ing the cc: list for that bug on this email. I posted a comment to that bug strongly urging the Fedora packaging people and the Python packaging people to get thei

Re: [Distutils] I need to create a customized Fedora live cd with Python applications on it

2007-05-29 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 02:10 PM 5/29/2007 -0400, Stanley A. Klein wrote: >I found a report on bugzilla.redhat.com, "Bug 236535 Processed: >brp-python-bytecompile does not work with bdist-rpm target" and am cc:'ing >the cc: list for that bug on this email. > >I posted a comment to that bug strongly urging the Fedora pa

Re: [Distutils] I need to create a customized Fedora live cd with Python applications on it

2007-05-29 Thread Stanley A. Klein
On Tue, May 29, 2007 3:43 pm, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > At 02:10 PM 5/29/2007 -0400, Stanley A. Klein wrote: >>I found a report on bugzilla.redhat.com, "Bug 236535 Processed: >>brp-python-bytecompile does not work with bdist-rpm target" and am >> cc:'ing >>the cc: list for that bug on this email. >>

Re: [Distutils] I need to create a customized Fedora live cd with Python applications on it

2007-05-29 Thread Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)
Funny how the solutions you advocated were the exact same solutions I advocated in the Fedora bugtracker months ago. I switched to KUbuntu. Thanks for the workaround tho. Please do NOT choose option 2, there's no reason to bend over to Fedora just because they're the second largest one, and ther

Re: [Distutils] I need to create a customized Fedora live cd with Python applications on it

2007-05-29 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 04:20 PM 5/29/2007 -0400, Stanley A. Klein wrote: >I used your workaround and got the rpms. However, I also got a traceback, >attached below. I think this is another problem in setuptools, because >(IIRC) I saw a posting relating to it. I believe that was fixed in 0.6c5, if not, then in 0.6c6

Re: [Distutils] [Python-Dev] Adventures with x64, VS7 and VS8 on Windows

2007-05-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> One feature that is easily addable and will certainly make installing > python on vista nicer, is to add authenticode signing to the install. This I question very much. I experimented with authenticode before 2.4, and found it an unacceptable experience. When the MSI file starts running, install

Re: [Distutils] [Python-Dev] Adventures with x64, VS7 and VS8 on Windows

2007-05-29 Thread Lars Immisch
Hi, >> One feature that is easily addable and will certainly make installing >> python on vista nicer, is to add authenticode signing to the install. I'm +1 on authenticode. > This I question very much. I experimented with authenticode before 2.4, > and found it an unacceptable experience. When

Re: [Distutils] [Python-Dev] Adventures with x64, VS7 and VS8 on Windows

2007-05-29 Thread Lars Immisch
Hi, >> One feature that is easily addable and will certainly make installing >> python on vista nicer, is to add authenticode signing to the install. I'm +1 on authenticode. > This I question very much. I experimented with authenticode before 2.4, > and found it an unacceptable experience. When

Re: [Distutils] [Python-Dev] Adventures with x64, VS7 and VS8 on Windows

2007-05-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
>> Certainly. However, telling them that they have to wait just so that >> Windows finds out what they know already (that this is the MSI file >> from the Python Software Foundation, or from Martin v. Löwis) is >> even more nasty. > > Educated, adult developers with good internet connections may k