[4suite-dev] Re: [4suite] 4Suite, Amara and setuptools (and a warning for Windows users)

[Werner F. Bruhin]

Hi Uche,

In the past I used the allinone installer on windows XP, only problem I 
run into is with py2exe (issue related to __config__.py).

Is there an allinone you want me to try out?

Werner


Uche Ogbuji wrote:

>I have worked on porting 4Suite and Amara to Setuptools
>
>http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools
>
>First of all my motivations:
>
>* I've recently used easy_install several times and I'm impressed with
>the ease at the user level.  I'd love to be able to tell people: "just
>'easy_install Amara' and have them all set.  No finding the right 4Suite
>package, then finding the right Amara package (or just the allinone, of
>course), then downloading and installing these.
>
>* There has been very little movement on getting the current packaging
>issues resolved (mostly for Windows folks), so I'm looking to open up an
>alternative approach, so people have more paths towards a working
>install.  I can't really solve the Windows problems myself, and I
>haven't got much help.  I can work on setuptools, though.
>
>The setuptools installer is optional.  If you have setuptools.py, it
>will be used, otherwise it will fall back to the classic installer.  I
>don't have an option for people who do have setuptools.py but still want
>to use the classic installer, but I'm happy to accept suggestions, and
>preferably patches.
>
>Use the following to grab the needed CVS files:
>
>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.4suite.org:/var/local/cvsroot login
>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.4suite.org:/var/local/cvsroot get 4Suite -r
>EASYINSTALL-branch
>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.4suite.org:/var/local/cvsroot get Amara
>
>You can also just use "cvs update -r EASYINSTALL-branch" from an
>existing 4Suite dev check-out, and cvs update -A to leave that branch if
>you need to.
>
>I'd like Windows users to try both installer options to see whether it
>helps with Windows, Py2Exe, etc., and to provide enough help and
>feedback to help me help them.  I've been disappointed that I've
>received many problem reports, but little help from Windows users in
>building and testing a Windows build.  I'm not willing to keep on
>holding back the release, and I may decide this weekend to just proceed
>with releasing what I have as-is.
>
>I'll say it again: if you have problems installing 4Suite (or Amara),
>please consider pitching in substantively, because I have limited time
>to work on it.
>
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