Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of Packaging

Timestamp:

2007-09-21T13:45:32Z (17 years ago)

Author:

zooko

Comment:

update about how we now use setuptools

Packaging

@@ -44 +44 @@
 == setuptools ==
 
-One option is to use a Python packaging tool named [http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/setuptools setuptools].
+We use a Python packaging tool named [http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/setuptools setuptools].
 
-Advantages (note that each of these are options provided by setuptools, not requirements imposed by the use of setuptools):
+Advantages:
 
  * management of dependencies (even on platforms that don't have a native package manager);  This is the important feature.
@@ -54 +54 @@
  * for hackers who want to use Tahoe, and who like setuptools, this makes using Tahoe convenient and pleasant for them
 
- * replace "build/configure/package/distribute/test/develop" code written in the Make language with code written in Python;  One specific instance of this is {{{./setup.py test}}} which runs the unit tests
+Possible advantages:
 
-We already have [http://allmydata.org/darcs.cgi/tahoe-setuptools/?c=annotate&p=20070522155758-eb44e-15f8219675d4b35b2488bc742f46714526d61cb3.gz a patch] which changes Tahoe to use setuptools, but it doesn't solve the "How to integrate smoothly with platform-specific package managers." part yet.
-
-== related tickets ==
-
-The primary ticket for tracking our progress on this issue:
-
-#82 -- remove the "build" step in the "edit, build, run" cycle
-
-Other related tickets:
-
-#10 -- clean up after yourself when told to "make clean"
-
-#47 -- use pyutil as a separate package and contribute src/allmydata/util/* into pyutil
+ * perhaps in the future we will replace "build/configure/package/distribute/test/develop" code written in the Make language with code written in Python;  One specific instance of this is {{{./setup.py test}}} which runs the unit tests