[Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-14 Thread Vincent Povirk
I have been following OneGet development very closely, and I have volunteered to create a OneGet provider for installing Python packages. Normally, I would keep quiet about this sort of thing until I have actual code that works, but since no one else on the OneGet seems as interested in doing it, a

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-14 Thread Vincent Povirk
Someone pointed out off-list that I didn't provide any explanation of what OneGet is. I saw it had been brought up on this list earlier, and incorrectly assumed that meant everyone would know what I was talking about. OneGet is a new unified interface for using tools that work with software, which

Re: [Python-Dev] OneGet provider for Python

2014-11-15 Thread Vincent Povirk
>> The website has an API you know. > > Um, no. Where can I find out about it? Ooh, I didn't expect that. I couldn't find any documentation, but the source code of urls_api.py at https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/tree/master/pydotorg is certainly interesting. Also, distutils-sig does seem m