Re: [Python-Dev] [Distutils] Is is worth disentangling distutils?

2012-12-15 Thread Chris Lambacher
You can already cross compile with distutils, though it is not exactly easy: http://pyvideo.org/video/682/cross-compiling-python-c-extensions-for-embedde -Chris On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Antonio Cavallo wrote: > It is not that complex... What's ahead is even more complex. > > > > > > Len

Re: [Python-Dev] [Distutils] Is is worth disentangling distutils?

2012-12-14 Thread Antonio Cavallo
It is not that complex... What's ahead is even more complex. Lennart Regebro wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Antonio Cavallo wrote: My requirements would quite simple: 2. cross compiling That is *not* a simple requirement. //Lennart ___

Re: [Python-Dev] [Distutils] Is is worth disentangling distutils?

2012-12-14 Thread Antonio Cavallo
Mmm, so the question would be distutils2 or distlib? I think tarek made a graph of the different packages systems... seen on reddit some time ago. My requirements would quite simple: 1. support DESTDIR approach where a package can be installed in an intermediate directory before its final

Re: [Python-Dev] [Distutils] Is is worth disentangling distutils?

2012-12-14 Thread Lennart Regebro
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Antonio Cavallo wrote: > My requirements would quite simple: > 2. cross compiling That is *not* a simple requirement. //Lennart ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [Python-Dev] [Distutils] Is is worth disentangling distutils?

2012-12-13 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Antonio Cavallo wrote: > I'll have a look into distutils2, I tough it was (another) dead end. > I every case my target is py2k (2.7.x) and I've no case for transitioning > to py3k (too much risk). distutils2 started as a copy of distutils, so it's hard to tell t

Re: [Python-Dev] [Distutils] Is is worth disentangling distutils?

2012-12-13 Thread Antonio Cavallo
I'll have a look into distutils2, I tough it was (another) dead end. I every case my target is py2k (2.7.x) and I've no case for transitioning to py3k (too much risk). Lennart Regebro wrote: On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Antonio Cavallo wrote: Hi, I wonder if is it worth/if there is a

Re: [Python-Dev] [Distutils] Is is worth disentangling distutils?

2012-12-12 Thread Lennart Regebro
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Antonio Cavallo wrote: > Hi, > I wonder if is it worth/if there is any interest in trying to "clean" up > distutils: nothing in terms to add new features, just a *major* cleanup > retaining the exact same interface. > > > I'm not planning anything like *adding feat

Re: [Python-Dev] [Distutils] Is is worth disentangling distutils?

2012-12-10 Thread Daniel Holth
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Antonio Cavallo wrote: > Hi, > I wonder if is it worth/if there is any interest in trying to "clean" up > distutils: nothing in terms to add new features, just a *major* cleanup > retaining the exact same interface. > > > I'm not planning anything like *adding feat