Just a thought. What I'd really like to see is a quick 5 / 10 minute screen-cast of using setup tools. I've been looking for one for a couple of weeks but haven't found,
Something like this buildout example, perhaps : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3428163188647461098&total=7&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 cheers phil jones On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Paul Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20/03/2008, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, this information is VERY helpful. It makes it blindingly > > obvious to me now that the difference between loving and hating > > setuptools is whether you're *intentionally* using it, or whether it > > shows up in your ecosystem uninvited. > > Exactly. I never thought to express that, but it precisely explains my > situation as well. > > > > Hm. So it seems to me that maybe one thing that would help is a > > "Setuptools Haters' Guide To Setuptools" -- that is, *short* > > documentation specifically written for people who don't want to use > > setuptools and want to minimize its impact on their systems. I could > > probably write something like that fairly easily, now that I have > > some idea of what to go in it, more than, "the existing documentation > > sucks". :) > > > > Can I count on some non-assimilated persons' help in critiquing such > > a document and suggesting any topics I miss? > > I would do so. (From a Windows user's perspective). > > Paul. > > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com