[Distutils] Bundling Distribute

P.J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Fri Nov 6 05:44:22 CET 2009


At 11:00 PM 11/5/2009 +0000, Ram Rachum wrote:
>Lennart Regebro <regebro <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> >
> > 2009/11/5 Ram Rachum <cool-rr <at> cool-rr.com>:
> > > Why only if there's C code?
> >
> > Because in general you want to compile the code on the system when
> > it's Linux or osx etc. It works better, and you don't have to provide
> > both 32bit and 64 bit versions and yadayada.
> >
> > > I personally find it more convenient to install binaries than 
> from source.
> >
> > Why?
> >
>
>Because it requires less work on the user's side.

Not for people using easy_install or its derivatives (like pip and 
buildout).  easy_install-based tools work as easily with source as binaries.



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