[Pythonmac-SIG] For your eyes only: MacPython 2.3 final

[Kevin Ollivier]

On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 03:00  PM, Jack Jansen wrote:

>
> On woensdag, jul 30, 2003, at 22:57 Europe/Amsterdam, Bob Ippolito 
> wrote:
>> Well, the source recipe that downloads/compiles the dependencies 
>> makes it easier for us to create the binary package (i.e. it makes it 
>> easy for you, who has fink installed, to create binary packages that 
>> do not depend on fink ;)
>
> You have a point here. In PackMan 0.3 we have a very rough split in 
> types of packages: source, binary and "other". Moreover, the "other" 
> packages don't really work:-) If for "other" packages you would get 
> complete control over the Python code, by means of an entry 
> PackageClassURL that would point to a piece of code that would be used 
> just as PimpPackage_source or PimpPackage_binary are used nowadays I 
> think we have the machinery to do what you want.
>
> On the other hand: it smells of creeping featurism.
>
> Opinions?

I think this is a good idea. I don't think this is a case of creeping 
featurism because there will always be these three cases. This is about 
the only way I can think of for solving case #3 that avoids creeping 
featurism, actually.

Thanks,

Kevin