Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo [LWN.net]

Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

Posted Feb 12, 2021 13:57 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
In reply to: Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo by LtWorf
Parent article: Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

> There are no package managers on windows.

There are. They're not as mature as anything Linux has AFAIK, but there is at least (in no particular order):

- vcpkg (probably the most useful for the discussion at hand)
- Conan (CMake-based)
- chocolatey (binary-based, includes Visual Studio/MSVC packages)
- anaconda (scientific/Python oriented, but has other bits too)

I think there's another, but I can't remember it's name. There's also zero surprise from me if there are others I haven't heard of.

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Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

Posted Feb 12, 2021 21:58 UTC (Fri) by roc (subscriber, #30627) [Link] (3 responses)

You really need a single standard package manager, preferably shipped with the OS, so there is a high chance users already have it installed and "install package manager" doesn't just make your installation process longer.

Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

Posted Feb 13, 2021 13:35 UTC (Sat) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (2 responses)

While true, I think what I'd do is use vcpkg for developer management, bundle everything up into a single package and ship that via normal means (installer/relocatable zip) and maybe chocolatey depending on the tool target audience.

Anaconda would probably be better if you're already in that realm though.

Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

Posted Feb 13, 2021 20:39 UTC (Sat) by roc (subscriber, #30627) [Link] (1 responses)

vckpg looks cool, thanks for pointing to it. But it looks more like "cargo for C++" than a distro package manager.

Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

Posted Feb 13, 2021 20:41 UTC (Sat) by roc (subscriber, #30627) [Link]

Of course, as such, it may be a good answer to the problem of "how do I consume C third-party libraries" which was the original issue before we got into a discussion of the "use distro packages" non-solution.