ActivePython 2.1 (build 210)

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "PP" == Paul Prescod <paulp at ActiveState.com> writes:

  >> Second, I must apologize for what is probably a stupid
  >> question.... You mention a rebuilt package repository with
  >> Numeric etc., but I can't find them. I have a downloads directory
  >> with Insall.Numeric and Install.PIL files but they only contain
  >> an empty string ('').

  PP> It's not a stupid question. ActivePython has a feature that
  PP> other distributions of Python do not. It allows you to install
  PP> packages over the Internet. It is in the start menu and called
  PP> "Package Manager". And of course the equivalent is available for
  PP> our Unix distributions through the command line: "pyppm".

Can you say more about how this feature works?  Can anyone play along?
That is, if I have a Python package I'd like to distribute, can I use
this system?  If I have a Python installation that isn't ActivePython,
can I install pyppm?

Jeremy