How to delete a Python package

[Jack]

I'd second Skip's point. Now that setup.py does install, and it knows what 
to
uninstall (because it copied the files in the first place) I think it's a 
good idea
to have "setup.py uninstall" support. :)

<skip at pobox.com> wrote in message 
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>
>    Nick> Uninstall support is hard, you would turn distutils (setup.py)
>    Nick> into a package management system, but wait...!  there are already
>    Nick> package managers that do exactly that (rpm, deb, Windows
>    Nick> Installer).
>
> Note that I don't really care about uninstall support, certainly not 
> enough
> to go through the pain of editing distutils.  I'd be happy if the 
> installer
> wrote a MANIFEST file that tells me what files and directories it did
> install.  I'm not as worried about dependencies or overlaps between 
> packages
> as much as making sure that when I want to get rid of package X I can
> actually delete all of its files.  I also realize that's not truly package
> management in the rpm/deb sense, but that would be good enough for me.
>
> My message was simply pointing out that telling people "use RPM or DEB" is
> not really acceptable.  Not everyone uses Linux.  Or Windows.  Or Macs.
> Python is a cross-platform language.  Through distutils it includes a 
> basic
> cross-platform installation facility.  It probably ought to also have a
> corresponding basic cross-platform uninstall facility.
>
> Skip