From lac at strakt.com Tue Feb 1 09:41:50 2005 From: lac at strakt.com (Laura Creighton) Date: Tue Feb 1 09:42:11 2005 Subject: [Catalog-sig] Re: Distutils sprinting at PyCon In-Reply-To: Message from "Phillip J. Eby" of "Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:04:39 EST." <5.1.1.6.0.20050131155704.0270f7b0@mail.telecommunity.com> References:

<5.1.1.6.0.20050131155704.0270f7b0@mail.telecommunity.com> Message-ID: <200502010841.j118fo72010879@ratthing-b246.strakt.com> In a message of Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:04:39 EST, "Phillip J. Eby" writes: >We're trying to do something along the lines of Eclipse's "feature" >concept, where a file describes a feature (package in this case) and lists >the various downloads that are required for that feature including >platform-specific URLs for those items that are platform-specific. > >The idea is that the download URL in PyPI and elsewhere would then be the > >download URL for a file that describes currently available versions of the >package. Does it handle multiple URLS for when a package is mirrored all over the planet? >Obviously there is still some handwaving here, but hopefully the waves are >much smaller and better defined now, because it's more about defining a >format and having tools to parse and download. > >(We may want that file to be XML, simply because it would allow the >contents to be rendered with an XSL stylesheet for viewing by humans.) We may not want that file to be XML because it might require rendering with an XSL stylesheet in order to be viewed by humans. :-) Laura From engelbert.gruber at ssg.co.at Tue Feb 1 11:51:00 2005 From: engelbert.gruber at ssg.co.at (engelbert.gruber@ssg.co.at) Date: Tue Feb 1 11:50:58 2005 Subject: [Catalog-sig] Re: Distutils sprinting at PyCon In-Reply-To: <200502010841.j118fo72010879@ratthing-b246.strakt.com> References:

<5.1.1.6.0.20050131155704.0270f7b0@mail.telecommunity.com> <200502010841.j118fo72010879@ratthing-b246.strakt.com> Message-ID: On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:04:39 EST, "Phillip J. Eby" writes: > >> We're trying to do something along the lines of Eclipse's "feature" >> concept, where a file describes a feature (package in this case) and lists >> the various downloads that are required for that feature including >> platform-specific URLs for those items that are platform-specific. >> >> The idea is that the download URL in PyPI and elsewhere would then be the >> >> download URL for a file that describes currently available versions of the >> package. > > Does it handle multiple URLS for when a package is mirrored all over > the planet? > >> Obviously there is still some handwaving here, but hopefully the waves are >> much smaller and better defined now, because it's more about defining a >> format and having tools to parse and download. >> >> (We may want that file to be XML, simply because it would allow the >> contents to be rendered with an XSL stylesheet for viewing by humans.) > > We may not want that file to be XML because it might require rendering > with an XSL stylesheet in order to be viewed by humans. :-) very true, heavy handwaving here. -- From pje at telecommunity.com Tue Feb 1 16:58:19 2005 From: pje at telecommunity.com (Phillip J. Eby) Date: Tue Feb 1 16:56:11 2005 Subject: [Catalog-sig] Re: Distutils sprinting at PyCon In-Reply-To: <200502010841.j118fo72010879@ratthing-b246.strakt.com> References: <5.1.1.6.0.20050131155704.0270f7b0@mail.telecommunity.com>

<5.1.1.6.0.20050131155704.0270f7b0@mail.telecommunity.com> Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20050201105543.037ec120@mail.telecommunity.com> At 09:41 AM 2/1/05 +0100, Laura Creighton wrote: >Does it handle multiple URLS for when a package is mirrored all over >the planet? Since we're still handwaving, sure, why not? ;) > >(We may want that file to be XML, simply because it would allow the > >contents to be rendered with an XSL stylesheet for viewing by humans.) > >We may not want that file to be XML because it might require rendering >with an XSL stylesheet in order to be viewed by humans. :-) The humans I had in mind were people who are trying to dowload plugins for some Python-based application like Zope or Chandler, and are not programmers, for whom a plain text rendering will be of no use whatsoever, no matter how nice the format might be for developers to hand-edit. :) From CathleenB at concord.etransmail4.com Thu Feb 17 03:19:09 2005 From: CathleenB at concord.etransmail4.com (Cathleen Baer) Date: Thu Feb 17 01:00:40 2005 Subject: [Catalog-sig] How new Check 21 legislation is affecting you... Message-ID: <31480641.1108598418090.JavaMail.customerService@etransmail4.com> Good Afternoon! Recenty intrdocuced legislation requires business and home users to print personal and business checks with security blank check stock and magnetic ink. Please find qualified suppliers at Google by clicking on the followingl link. http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLC,GGLC:1969-53,GGLC:en&q=blank+check+paper%2C+magnetic+ink+for+inkjets Thank you very much. Cathleen Baer Marketing & Relationship Representative Globalzon Consulting Group From CathleenB at concord.etransmail4.com Thu Feb 24 07:32:07 2005 From: CathleenB at concord.etransmail4.com (Cathleen Baer) Date: Thu Feb 24 07:32:54 2005 Subject: [Catalog-sig] How new Check 21 legislation is affecting you... Message-ID: <28759071.1109226727308.JavaMail.customerService@etransmail4.com> Good Afternoon! Recenty intrdocuced legislation requires business and home users to print personal and business checks with security blank check stock and magnetic ink. Please find qualified suppliers at Google by clicking on the followingl link. http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLC,GGLC:1969-53,GGLC:en&q=blank+check+paper%2C+magnetic+ink+for+inkjets Thank you very much. Cathleen Baer Marketing & Relationship Representative Globalzon Consulting Group