[Twisted-Python] Evangelism notes...

Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Thu May 5 09:39:42 EDT 2005


On May 5, 2005, at 2:30 AM, Tommi Virtanen wrote:

> Bob Ippolito wrote:
>
>> That's why it's better if you don't install Twisted, just make  
>> its  source code part of your project.  That's what you should be  
>> doing  for just about any dependency, especially those where you  
>> don't need  extension modules.
>>
>
> Eww. -1 on that. As a Debian person, I tend to spend a lot of time
> dekludging things where upstream includes 5 libraries with the  
> project,
> and will not use system-installed libraries. Not to speak of the bloat
> in the size of the source tarballs, which is multiplied by a _lot_  
> when
> it comes to Debian.

I'm not talking about open source software, I'm talking about  
deploying Twisted in the real world.

-bob





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