Re:Bento, a pythonic packaging solution for Python software
by cdavid on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @04:29PM
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(I am the bento author)
Let me first note that I love the apt system - I think it is a great system. And one of the rationale for bento is to make debian (and linux) packaging easier. Bento supports the same options as autoconf for integration with systems, and I want to make python build solutions more hackable in general.
Nevertheless, apt has several issues:
- it does not work on non-apt systems. Simply put, the majority of the scipy community does not use a deb system.
- it does not allow for non-root installation, at least in practice
- it forces you to follow upstream dev cycles.
Let me first note that I love the apt system - I think it is a great system. And one of the rationale for bento is to make debian (and linux) packaging easier. Bento supports the same options as autoconf for integration with systems, and I want to make python build solutions more hackable in general.
Nevertheless, apt has several issues: - it does not work on non-apt systems. Simply put, the majority of the scipy community does not use a deb system. - it does not allow for non-root installation, at least in practice - it forces you to follow upstream dev cycles.