Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:53:09 +0100 Victor Stinner wrote: > > Also, distutils-sig does seem more appropriate, > > IMO we need a new mailing to discuss which mailing list is the most > appropriate (which includes another new mailing list). I suggest you first write a PEP, and find a BDFL-delegate.

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Victor Stinner
> Also, distutils-sig does seem more appropriate, IMO we need a new mailing to discuss which mailing list is the most appropriate (which includes another new mailing list). Victor ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org

Re: [Python-Dev] Windows Dedicated Mailing List

2014-11-15 Thread Terry Reedy
On 11/15/2014 3:01 AM, Shorya Raj wrote: Fair enough. Like I said, I wanted to see what the consensus was, and it seems to be shifting towards not making another list. Agreed. The traffic here is not high enough to need a split. Most OS specific issues that need a patch end up as a specific

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Vincent Povirk
>> The website has an API you know. > > Um, no. Where can I find out about it? Ooh, I didn't expect that. I couldn't find any documentation, but the source code of urls_api.py at https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/tree/master/pydotorg is certainly interesting. Also, distutils-sig does seem m

Re: [Python-Dev] Windows Dedicated Mailing List

2014-11-15 Thread Shorya Raj
Fair enough. Like I said, I wanted to see what the consensus was, and it seems to be shifting towards not making another list. On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Shorya Raj writes: > > > I think it may be prudent to consider adding a Windows specific > > mailing list

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 2:40 AM, Paul Moore wrote: > On 15 November 2014 15:17, Benjamin Peterson wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 15, 2014, at 05:54, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >>> On 15 Nov 2014 10:10, "Paul Moore" wrote: >>> > >>> > > Incidentally, it would be really useful if python.org provided stable >>>

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Paul Moore
On 15 November 2014 15:17, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2014, at 05:54, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> On 15 Nov 2014 10:10, "Paul Moore" wrote: >> > >> > > Incidentally, it would be really useful if python.org provided stable >> > > url's that always redirected to the latest .msi instal

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 15 November 2014 20:10, Paul Moore wrote: > On 15 November 2014 00:12, Vincent Povirk wrote: > > My end goal is to be able to package a Python application such that an > > end-user on Windows (who doesn't know anything about Python) can > > easily install it, without either of us having to th

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014, at 05:54, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > On 15 Nov 2014 10:10, "Paul Moore" wrote: > > > > > Incidentally, it would be really useful if python.org provided stable > > > url's that always redirected to the latest .msi installers, for > > > bootstrapping purposes. I'd prefer to not

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Paul Moore
On 15 November 2014 10:54, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > On 15 Nov 2014 10:10, "Paul Moore" wrote: >> >> > Incidentally, it would be really useful if python.org provided stable >> > url's that always redirected to the latest .msi installers, for >> > bootstrapping purposes. I'd prefer to not rely on c

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On 15 Nov 2014 10:10, "Paul Moore" wrote: > > > Incidentally, it would be really useful if python.org provided stable > > url's that always redirected to the latest .msi installers, for > > bootstrapping purposes. I'd prefer to not rely on chocolatey (or on > > scraping the web site) for this. > >

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Paul Moore
On 15 November 2014 00:12, Vincent Povirk wrote: > My end goal is to be able to package a Python application such that an > end-user on Windows (who doesn't know anything about Python) can > easily install it, without either of us having to think about how all > the dependencies are going to get t

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:12:59 -0600 Vincent Povirk wrote: > I have been following OneGet development very closely, and I have > volunteered to create a OneGet provider for installing Python > packages. Normally, I would keep quiet about this sort of thing until > I have actual code that works, but