[IPython-user] small problem and feature request for 0.8 egg

[Ville M. Vainio]

On 5/2/07, Ryan Krauss <ryanlists@gmail.com> wrote:

> convince them to try it.  While IPython is a great tool, it depends on
> pyreadline, ctypes, pywin32 and maybe one more under windows.  This
> frigthens some of them (maybe they are easily frightened).  So, how do

Just put all the installers in a zip package and distribute that (with
install_all.bat or something, then they can just click
next-next-next).

ctypes comes with python 2.5 and pywin32 is optional. pyreadline is
the only "must" and that will be bundled with ipython anyway, so
things are looking pretty good on win32 department.

> itself).  Any better thoughts are welcome.  The obvious problem is
> that making it easy to install may trade off against making it easy to
> maintain.  Eggs and enstaller seem promising in that regard.

I wouldn't be worried about that myself.

You could also "sell" ipython by recommending it as cmd.exe
replacement, using the "sh" profile (start menu -> IPython -> pysh).

Also, I'll add your scipy link to start menu.

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