From owner-freebsd-python@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 10 21:11:43 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: python@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-python@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A41D16A46B for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:11:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E905413C46A for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:11:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j37so2045982waf for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:11:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=JI1mZveK7JaHI2dOky5BQnHQ5IWOBvZ1snY4T+WUbChzoPgPNQFI2pQr3A5AgkvTJcULuKNHRY0ypLu2CTCBdZHlU1+I7JLOibWsCj96liZ9ESvKF6iJdtPZfkxbGraTSIplojR73f+pU+7drlJD6E4KNFy0MVl5iOclHvCfZK4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=C/jKIr/9khBT9oLjSnBrOFTOffQyM+aKRlxJbh14J5kQfbZhi/qQ3PL5HJus1PalC1wLfcWDw/073i6LAtJg9dHLgBU62chMw2n9zLt0b2EyQNyyxYH2oj5/iW495X9zqggVD59aGKxwoBIaFeltCXR3jGVffUrM3TpoK1tqr4A= Received: by 10.114.210.2 with SMTP id i2mr4858593wag.1181509902515; Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:11:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.194.13 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:11:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:11:42 +0400 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" Sender: infofarmer@gmail.com To: "Alexander Botero-Lowry" In-Reply-To: <20070610203735.CFB733B477@cherenkov.geekfire.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070610203735.CFB733B477@cherenkov.geekfire.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 4de61c7aef737a07 Cc: python@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setuptools status X-BeenThere: freebsd-python@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD-specific Python issues List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:11:43 -0000 On 6/11/07, Alexander Botero-Lowry wrote: > > Python modules are slowly moving from distutils > > to setuptools. I have no python experience, but > > I see that this causes serious and annoying > > problems for newer ports. > > Are you referring to the OSRELEASE problem, or are you referring to the > intra-port egg dependency problem? I'm referring to the general mess with all these eggs. For now I'm patching ports to revert back to distutils, but it's not completely compatible with setuptools. > > Is there someone willing to identify and attempt > > to solve the problems? > We have ok solutions for many of these problems; it's hard to do anything > better (or simply impossible) in some cases. In other cases the update to > Python 2.5 (which I started fixing on and miwi@ is helping out with) > includes considerably better support for setuptools. It's great to know that!