Time for a Python "distribution" ? was:Not enough Python library development

[Paul Prescod]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> 
> Paul Prescod wrote:
> 
> > Here's what an ActivePython user does to install 3 out of 4 those
> > modules:
> >
> > pyppm install Numeric
> > pyppm install egenix-mx-base
> > pyppm install PIL
> 
> and then he does "import Image", gets an import error
> (JPEG62.DLL missing), and sends me a nastygram ;-)

I think that's fixed but if you supply standard distutils scripts and a
test suite I'll guarantee it won't happen again. :)

> where's the PPM protocol docs?

I would say the best documentation is the code:

http://www.xav.com/perl/site/lib/PPM/SOAPServer.html

> how do I add new nodes to the PPM distribution network?

You can set up a PPM server by running PPM::SOAPServer or porting it to
Python. There are PPM srevers around the world. PPM isn't a network like
CPAN though. In the Perl world it builds on the CPAN network (and
hopefully something like it in Python one day too.)
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