Path: csiph.com!goblin3!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!gothmog.csi.it!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Paul Wise 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 X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Fri Sep 25 23:24:20 2015 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.5 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.198, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.001, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -7 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=weYygxWCTEyTvXmk/Z6LvMZuagNMFAOGMrNm/IFr5/U=; b=Cb/fVLTOVE/Sfu9PI/zr6tNzxe01LzSQII4yNfFToPGdTxaVRuQqPkUd0r0Lht4dLI 1uLw9wemSQYaUeKE2HkXGWheW5chu1b+eyiscr6VE7KNjZr/PDIJWTmGg2xEcORaQm9+ zCcfKilxaWiZup1Wc+7zv3apsle28Pwp1vqv1Bf9gGE+UtwMbjtqal1vy0Y2E0J6tARF aICJZ781TR+voT7hFF/Fmp+yim34oDQMVI3b8EtzeDYy362a60y4nqLYLfBF2r49sKHg FvlXlZUB6xBcXzHR8Aqs2vrPVV/uoCIcKeAQBwd1SAba50mKSJQQaxk8TLIbIdkmXplV XD+A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.184.166 with SMTP id ev6mr9486717wjc.125.1443223443742; Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:24:03 -0700 (PDT) Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Google-Sender-Auth: -wP0lBGUGhWQkj62lYxfYmbamgY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/12624 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/CAKTje6EHQBMe687HdvPnDvXD5qqomoKCE1fCk6geNe0BW6D7eQ@mail.gmail.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 18 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway X-Original-Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 01:24:03 +0200 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> X-Original-Sender: paul.is.wise@gmail.com Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:7315 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? -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise