[Baypiggies] py2exe. Python(x,y). Distribution issues.

[m h]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Stephen McInerney
<spmcinerney at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > >> - virtualenv sounds useful, anyone have experience with it? Does it
> extend
> > >> to foreign
> > >> dependencies (e.g. C++/Fortran libs)?
> > >
> > > At this point, you really want a package manager, rather than the
> > > python centric distutils world. To get around this at my previous
> > > company we started using (and contributing to) gentoo-prefix [0].
> > > (You can think of it as a sandboxed package manager similar to fink or
> > > openpkg that runs on a posix (linux/macos/solaris/) box in it's own
> > > directory.

Note I never said Linux was the answer. ;)  (even though I might believe that)

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> > > If you want to take it a step further then you are into the vmware/xen
> > > realm.
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> Look, the solution of least change is the best solution.
> We want to get to shrinkwrapped installers which figure out how to do the
> right thing, every time,
> without needing an MSCS degree.

Our installers did that (that being "just worked"), for Windows and
Linux, using the solution I mentioned above.

cheers,

-matt