stephen j turnbull xjzvfpwxemacsorg stephen hansen writes imho main system without package manager windows afaict macos platform also lacks area actually windows cygwin rpmbased macos fink debbased macports freebsd portslike netbsds pkgsrc viable options want packaging support 3rdparty packages er excuse cutting thats thing think valuable way integrate native package managers operating systems native integrated part restrict thats point youre going make aptcompatible others lots people using whether osprovided far im concerned asking python tool integrate pms nonstarter really means asking integration say lets recreate apt sorrowful stance saying screw windows isnt good screw mac good worse one point hoped make lets recreate apt way saying screw windows mac red hat gentoo netbsd freebsd think worth working standard format documenting dependencies downstream distributor easily create dependency graph perhaps several since system bootstrap package buildtime package runtime may different requirements standard python distribution media manual mode distros decide put things thats far python ever go fitting things given pms downstream distros job _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 215205 0900 pythondev easily consume parts eggs good