Python 3 should include namespace for libraries and a CPAN repo [LWN.net]

Python 3 should include namespace for libraries and a CPAN repo

Posted Sep 1, 2007 19:03 UTC (Sat) by ArbitraryConstant (subscriber, #42725)
In reply to: Python 3 should include namespace for libraries and a CPAN repo by peace
Parent article: Python 3.0a1 released

> What I think Dag is saying is that the reason your package manager gets
> Perl right is that the Perl community has made it easy for package managers
> to package Perl modules.

If that's so, then why does the package manager get Python/C/etc right as well?

Particularly given that CPAN sometimes needs external C libraries, I think it's appropriate to delegate the task to package managers.

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Python 3 should include namespace for libraries and a CPAN repo

Posted Sep 4, 2007 18:20 UTC (Tue) by jdivine (guest, #18042) [Link]

Anecdotally, fewer Python packages seem to be available through native package managers, possibly because CPAN makes it easier to find and package the Perl modules.

Whenever possible, I install Perl or Python packages (all software in general, really) through the OS's package manager. That said, it's not always possible:

- the package might not be provided
- the desired version might not be available
- the system in question may not have a Linux-style package manager at all

I use Python more than Perl these days and I really miss Python's lack of a CPAN equivalent. CheeseShop and easy_install don't match up at all.