-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeff Kowalczyk wrote: > Would it be possible to have a non-system python installed (by default > into /opt/python24) by the system python easy_install? I think it would be > useful to have eggs that provide commands on the path such as > easy_install_nonsystem24, virtualenv_nonsystem24, python_nonsystem24. With > a better spelling, of course. > > Perhaps if non-system pythons were packaged in a way that setuptools could > install them, they might become ordinary dependencies of Zope/Plone eggs, > which could detect and configure to use them in a virtualenv at setup > time. > > I don't know if setuptools is currently capable of installing packages > completely separate from the running environment, or executing another > python during setup. However, It seems to me that the most expedient way > to encourage widespread use of non-system python is to make them available > as a dependency for applications and frameworks that prefer them. > > After my distribution (Gentoo) updated to python2.5, I made the overdue > switch to a buildout-based non-system python. I greatly appreciate the > fact that it has no packages installed and never changes, obliging me to > use buildout or virtualenv always. > > I'd like to have the best-practice setup available as an easy_installable > package. On my distribution, tools are already available to package > complete/correct PyPI entries.
'virtualenv' installs setuptools (and therefore 'easy_install') into the newly-created environment, which means that you don't use the "system" easy_install at all (except perhaps to bootstrap 'virtualenv' itself). E.g.: $ sudo /usr/bin/easy_install virtualenv ... $ /usr/bin/virtualenv /path/to/my/app $ /path/to/my/app/bin/easy_install foobar Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHK1SC+gerLs4ltQ4RArEdAKC8kI7GqL9/xfs2eEQlBzrp37oN0gCfTqtq YDjBHcqqh+Z3YUAUz6eNnOc= =dJzs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
