[cctbxbb] cctbx.python unnecessarily unfriendly

[Marcin Wojdyr]

In CCP4 we have the same problem that Linux distros have with cctbx.
We're using an ad-hoc shell script that copies files around as a
substitute for "make install" (or python setup.py install / scons
install) functionality.

Scons like any build system supports installation. From what I just
googled the functions for this are named Install() and InstallAs().
Maybe it would be easier to use them instead of distutils?

Marcin

On 9 January 2014 08:51, Luc Bourhis <luc_j_bourhis at mac.com> wrote:
> Hi Graeme,
>
> So what would be really cool would be to be able to use distutils methods to
> *install* cctbx in the usual pythonic way, but to keep up with the current
> mechanism for *working on* cctbx
>
>
> Actually, thinking about it a bit more, it seems that installing the cctbx
> with distutils is orthogonal with the way we do it now. I mean, we could
> keep using the Python wrapper to make the build + source (non-)installation
> work but then have a script that would create a distutils-based distro. And
> you know what: the Debian people were working on this about one year ago, as
> part of creating a proper deb package for the cctbx. They proposed a series
> of patch to achieve that: if you browse the history of this mailing list,
> you will find the discussions we had. The Debian developer were Radostan
> Riedel, Baptiste Carvello and Frédéric-Emmanuel Picca. The last of the tree
> works at Soleil and his concerns were very similar to those you expressed.
> He even invited me to visit him, which I did. Unfortunately, neither I nor
> Nat have followed this project.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Luc
>
>
>
>
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