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From: Dave Nebinger <dnebinger@××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Python setuptools/eggs
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 19:51:20
Message-Id: 200510091548.40255.dnebinger@joat.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Python setuptools/eggs by Anders Bruun Olsen
1 > > I've been working on an eclass for these but its not ready.
2 > > I was hoping it'd be as easy as the Ruby gems eclass, because
3 > > they are similar, but eggs don't play nicely in a sandbox yet.
4 >
5 > But aren't eggs a bit against the Gentoo philosophy? I mean there are
6 > some eggs that contain precompiled C-extensions. Shouldn't it still be
7 > source builds that just somehow work with setuptools?
8
9 I may be a bit of-base, but since I don't know much about the ruby gems, I'm
10 wondering how close of a situation this is with the perl cpan modules?
11 They're integrated to operate using the distribution process of both cpan and
12 portage...
13
14 Just a suggestion. Like I said, I could be way off-base...
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Python setuptools/eggs Rob Cakebread <pythonhead@g.o>