Re: [Visualpython-users] Vpython on PyPi?

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

Many people who install VPython (with Python, of course) do so only to run 
existing programs, not write new ones. And even many of those who write new 
programs are new to programming, and on Windows or Mac they may never have used 
the command line. Examples include thousands of physics students (and small 
numbers of physics teachers) learning about computational modeling. Moreover, I 
don't know of any difficulties with installation on Windows or Mac.

However, if a distutils version would address some of the difficult dependency 
issues on Linux, I'm all for it and would be pleased to see someone develop a 
distutils package.

Bruce Sherwood

Michele Mattioni wrote:
> My primary target is linux, however this method is cross platform.
> I'm not an expert but I think distutils can take care of the compilation
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/724664/python-distutils-how-to-get-a-compiler-that-is-going-to-be-used
> 
> It's possible to submit also binary package, so the compilation can be 
> skipped and the binary can be downlaoded. Of course three binary should 
> be available for all the three platform.
> 
> Well if they are installing vpython and try to code something with it, I 
> think an ``easy_install vpython`` should not scare them too much.
> 
> Cheers,
> Michele.
> 
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Bruce Sherwood <Bru...@nc... 
> <mailto:Bru...@nc...>> wrote:
> 
>     You don't specify a platform, but I'm guessing this would be just
>     for Linux? In
>     particular, it's not possible to use distutils for Windows because
>     compilation
>     of C++ is required, and most Windows users don't have a compiler
>     installed. For
>     that matter, most Windows users don't use a command-line interface.
> 
>     I would be interested to hear from knowledgeable people whether this
>     would be a
>     better scheme for Linux, and possibly for the Mac (though again,
>     many Mac users
>     don't use a command-line interface, and there are expectations of
>     what an
>     installer should look like).
> 
>     Bruce Sherwood
> 
>     Michele Mattioni wrote:
>      > Dear all,
>      >
>      > do you think it's a good idea to change the installation of
>     vpython into
>      > a distutils classic one?
>      >
>      > In this way the package can be uploaded on the PYthon Packages
>     Index and
>      > can be listed as one of the dependencies for packages that use it.
>      > More over to install it will be just
>      > easy_install vpython
>      >
>      > Is that possible?
>      >
>      > Cheers,
>      > Michele.
> 
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