[Python-Dev] bdist_* to stdlib? (original) (raw)
Thomas Wouters thomas at xs4all.net
Tue Feb 14 22:46:08 CET 2006
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On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 11:16:32AM -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Well, just like Java, if you have pure Python code, why should a developer have to duplicate the busy-work of creating distributions for different platforms? (Especially since there are so many different target platforms -- RPM, .deb, Windows, MSI, Mac, fink, and what have you -- I'm no expert but ISTM there are too many!)
Actually, that's where distutils and bdist_* comes in. Mr. Random Developer writes a regular distutils setup.py, and I can install the latest, not-quite-in-apt version by doing 'setup.py bdist_deb' and installing the resulting .deb. Very convenient for both parties ;)
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