Re: [Distutils] Maintaining a curated set of Python packages

2016-12-02 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 3 December 2016 at 03:34, Freddy Rietdijk wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Robert T. McGibbon > wrote: >> >> Isn't this issue already solved by (and the raison d'être of) the multiple >> third-party Python redistributors, like the various OS package maintainers, >> Continuum's Anacon

Re: [Distutils] Maintaining a curated set of Python packages

2016-12-02 Thread Freddy Rietdijk
On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Robert T. McGibbon wrote: > Isn't this issue already solved by (and the raison d'être of) the multiple > third-party Python redistributors, like the various OS package maintainers, > Continuum's Anaconda, Enthought Canopy, ActiveState Python, WinPython, etc? > My

Re: [Distutils] Maintaining a curated set of Python packages

2016-12-02 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 3 December 2016 at 01:33, Robert T. McGibbon wrote: > Isn't this issue already solved by (and the raison d'être of) the multiple > third-party Python redistributors, like the various OS package maintainers, > Continuum's Anaconda, Enthought Canopy, ActiveState Python, WinPython, etc? > Yep. O

Re: [Distutils] Maintaining a curated set of Python packages

2016-12-02 Thread Robert T. McGibbon
Isn't this issue already solved by (and the raison d'être of) the multiple third-party Python redistributors, like the various OS package maintainers, Continuum's Anaconda, Enthought Canopy, ActiveState Python, WinPython, etc? [image: Inline image 1] -Robert On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 4:45 AM, Fredd

Re: [Distutils] Python anywhere problems

2016-12-02 Thread Paul Moore
On 1 December 2016 at 12:20, Mashudu Mphohoni wrote: > Would you please advise me on my python anywhere, This list isn't for support of services like Python Anywhere. You should ask Python Anywhere for support. if you're using a paid version, you will have a support arrangement. If you're using

[Distutils] Python anywhere problems

2016-12-02 Thread Mashudu Mphohoni
[image: Inline image 1] Hi, Would you please advise me on my python anywhere, It seems to fail to install or upgrade any packages Thanks and regards, Mashudu ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listin

[Distutils] Maintaining a curated set of Python packages

2016-12-02 Thread Freddy Rietdijk
Hi, I would like to propose that, as a community, we jointly maintain a curated set of Python packages that are known to work together. These packages would receive security updates for some time and every couple of months a new major release of the curated set comes available. The idea of this is