Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Donald Stufft Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Dealing with flit -- a simplified packaging of python modules Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 01:30:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org, Paul Wise X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Fri Sep 25 23:25:46 2015 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.72 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FOURLA=0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: DYN_NJABL=ERR(0) NOT_IN_SBL_XBL_SPAMHAUS=-1.5 BL_NJABL=ERR(-1.5) CL_IP_EQ_HELO_IP=-2 (check from: .stufft. - helo: .out3-smtp.messagingengine. - helo-domain: .messagingengine.) FROM/MX_MATCHES_HELO(DOMAIN)=-2; rate: -7 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=stufft.io; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=/dLQMtCtd7mUlx4e4JXWTZCVcG0=; b=Ng7n9f TtbJXx1QOWz//SsAjFUm/3b6Z0Sr8ta/rF+9ziyz8SrlpMP2/LRW1v91KC4PrSKl +5nNg6M7gx+YIsU5KNb3V4D/I4iGHa/VMe7EuNrJYcaVxzezVnsVdaubNrjky6d/ /+vv9O47iIHzahSzejM9h02ciazOHI5c0i2ds= Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=/dLQMtCtd7mUlx4 e4JXWTZCVcG0=; b=BAStkyMVE/lR8gVhLV++njLZxRqiABoQbPiFJD7Fu3Hcj9V gdA55TDxiJ0wCizUlDYi0OAG1a95EtQtKuUwIiv2pLNfIORkqAG+M+D0l7KRoLmN fIlYOs8ITZvGcYtM46vpsDcDTPo/5Je0gHhy7k7sW3dpVCUFuzWDK+8F5Nn8= X-Sasl-Enc: OjhUpF4lX8iF5g/wn1osNDAKTdWBvXETlgFzDhdtWu5X 1443223516 X-Mailer: Airmail (303) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/12625 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/etPan.5605d7dc.3b88a2a2.e5bb@Draupnir.home Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 20 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:25:15 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <20150919065638.GA23539@cauchy.localdomain> <1442648149.1507869.387905161.3D5B9334@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20150919123608.623ff7d8@limelight.wooz.org> <1442746052.1831540.388486761.7B81DA25@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1443093458.1327745.392368833.476CC9CB@webmail.messagingengine.com> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:7316 On September 25, 2015 at 7:24:30 PM, Paul Wise (pabs@debian.org) wrote: > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Thomas Kluyver wrote: > > > That's my point ;-). From our upstream point of view, it's not a bug > > that the distributions we put on PyPI contain generated/bundled files - > > we do it that way deliberately, so that end users can install without > > needing Javascript developer tools to build those files. If you want a > > pure source tarball without generated files, that's available from > > Github. > > Why are end users using source packages instead of binary packages and > then complaining that the source tarballs aren't ready-to-run binary > packages? > Because the way Python packaging currently is and historically has been, binary packages are not something that is widely available or viable. ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA