From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nils Gillmann Subject: python general question (setup.py) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 23:02:20 +0100 Message-ID: <87oaa26wsz.fsf@grrlz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54603) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajZqt-0006gH-Pr for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:05:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajZqq-0007ND-JP for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:05:07 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:43617) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajZqq-0007N9-DA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:05:04 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ajZqo-00017D-VP for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2016 23:05:03 +0100 Received: from x5d83f485.dyn.telefonica.de ([93.131.244.133]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2016 23:05:02 +0100 Received: from niasterisk by x5d83f485.dyn.telefonica.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2016 23:05:02 +0100 List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel@gnu.org I have a question on python. My theory is that this is true: If I write a setup.py and contribute it to a project because I want to make an "easier"[1] install in Guix and elsewhere, I feed the "one packagemanager per language" thing. Is setup.py the equivalent of a package manager in python or does it serve more purposes? I would like to know if I want to follow my current task in either fixing the setup.py I started for the upcoming bitmessage 0.6 release or if I want to write a Guix package without using out python-setup-tools which require setup.py to be present. [1]: I already figured out how I could be just faster in writing a Guix package rather than the ~60 lines of setup.py I already have. -- ng personal contact: http://krosos.sdf.org EDN: https://wiki.c3d2.de/EDN