[sqlalchemy] Re: [Distutils] inability to pass setup.py command line arguments to dependency setups

2010-05-07 Thread Kent Bower
Just because there are configuration problems associated with adding a feature like the one I needed is absolutely no reason to abandon it when it can bring value to the tool if used correctly and in some circumstances. I considered some of those exact complications what if it was already

Re: [sqlalchemy] Re: [Distutils] inability to pass setup.py command line arguments to dependency setups

2010-05-07 Thread Michael Bayer
I'd only mention that Storm has a C extension/non C extension flag as well, and only offers one source distribution on Pypi. You have to modify a variable directly within setup.py. Our setup.py features the same capability (its just our C extension is off by default for 0.6 since it was

[sqlalchemy] Re: [Distutils] inability to pass setup.py command line arguments to dependency setups

2010-05-07 Thread Kent
Mike, Can I just take a second to thank you for your patience in running this forum? There are so many rude, arrogant software developers, and you seem to not be like them at all. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups sqlalchemy group. To post to

Re: [sqlalchemy] Re: [Distutils] inability to pass setup.py command line arguments to dependency setups

2010-05-07 Thread Gaetan de Menten
FWIW, it is perfectly possible to package the thing separately as Glyph seem to suggest, even if the feature is enabled through an option. For example, Debian does it: http://packages.debian.org/experimental/python-sqlalchemy-ext On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 19:56, Kent Bower k...@retailarchitects.com