Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!nzpost1.xs4all.net!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'binary': 0.05; 'subject:code': 0.07; "'build'": 0.09; 'logic': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'def': 0.13; 'appropriate': 0.14; 'suggest': 0.15; 'compile.': 0.16; 'conditional': 0.16; 'from:addr:timgolden.me.uk': 0.16; 'from:name:tim golden': 0.16; 'libs': 0.16; 'message-id:@timgolden.me.uk': 0.16; 'packaging.': 0.16; 'phase,': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86.74': 0.16; 'received:smtp.webfaction.com': 0.16; 'received:webfaction.com': 0.16; 'run(self):': 0.16; 'setup.py.': 0.16; 'subject:packaging': 0.16; 'tjg': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'library': 0.20; 'work,': 0.21; 'libraries': 0.22; 'code,': 0.23; 'bit': 0.23; 'seems': 0.23; 'tim': 0.24; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'mostly': 0.27; 'packaging': 0.27; 'wonder': 0.27; 'question': 0.27; 'tend': 0.27; 'subdirectory': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'run': 0.33; 'class': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'platforms.': 0.33; 'received:192.168.100': 0.33; 'url:listinfo': 0.34; 'handle': 0.34; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'guys': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'copying': 0.38; 'received:192': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'where': 0.40; 'subject:with': 0.40; 'called': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'hang': 0.60; 'share': 0.61; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.62; 'more': 0.63; 'brain': 0.66; 'from:addr:mail': 0.70; 'url:distutils-sig': 0.84; 'wheels': 0.84 Subject: Re: packaging code with compiled libraries To: python-list@python.org References: <67eacdc3-e493-44fe-859c-51b016995a3a@googlegroups.com> From: Tim Golden Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 08:16:56 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <67eacdc3-e493-44fe-859c-51b016995a3a@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1444115828 news.xs4all.nl 23856 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:48741 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:97430 On 05/10/2015 20:43, Tim wrote: > I have a package I want to share but have a question about packaging. > > Mostly the package is pure python code, but it also requires some binary libraries (*.so, *.dll, *.dylib). I want to bundle these libs so users don't have to compile. The package will run on *nix/windows/mac platforms. > > Currently I handle this in setup.py. In the 'build' phase, I copy the platform-specific libs to a subdirectory called 'libs'. > > class MyBuilder(build_py): > def run(self): > conditional logic for copying > appropriate library files to 'libs' > etc etc. > build_py.run() > > And that seems to work, but after reading more from the Python Packaging Authority, I wonder if that is the right way. Should I be using wheels instead? > I think my brain fried a little bit while going through the doc. I suggest you ask on distutils-sig which is where the PPA guys tend to hang out. https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig TJG