[Grok-dev] windows eggs for Grok 1.1

[Steve Schmechel]

I use Ubuntu also, with Python 2.6 as the default system installation.
Adding Python 2.5 as another "non-default" installation works fine on the current version (Karmic 9.10).

Make sure to add "python-virtualenv" from the repository and create a virtual environment for your project using the "--python=python2.5" flag (along with "--no-site-packages").

I would recommend *always* using virtual-env, even if your system Python matches your development target version.

http://grok.zope.org/documentation/how-to/using-virtualenv-for-a-clean-grok-installation

I am not sure about what will happen with Lucid 10.04 and beyond.
I would imagine that some back-ported package will appear that will allow coexistence with the current Python version.  Another option would be to simply build your own private copy of Python and use that directly with your project.

http://bluedynamics.com/articles/jens/build-python-in-buildout

Regards,
Steve

--- On Thu, 4/15/10, David Marceau <uticdmarceau2007 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> From: David Marceau <uticdmarceau2007 at yahoo.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Grok-dev] windows eggs for Grok 1.1
> To: Grok-dev at zope.org
> Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 1:52 PM
> Martijn Faassen wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > We need to know whether we have windows support for
> Grok 1.1. It looks 
> > like we will for Python 2.6, but not for Python 2.5
> and Python 2.4.
> > 
> > Hanno pointed me to this list, maintained by the
> BlueBream folks. I 
> > verified that those versions are also the ones that
> are in Grok 1.1:
> > 
> > http://wiki.zope.org/bluebream/StatusOfWindowsBinaryPackages
> > 
> > Hanno is able to make the Python 2.6 eggs but not the
> older versinos.
> > 
> > So, I'd say, let's say in our release notes that Grok
> 1.1 on Windows 
> > *requires* Python 2.6. For other platforms I think we
> should support 
> > Python 2.5 and Python 2.6 (and drop Python 2.4
> support).
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Martijn
> I have some observations to say about
> Grok1.0/Grok1.1rc/zope/zodb:
> 
> 1)I am using ubuntu 9.10.  I managed to get python2.5
> coexisting with
> ubuntu 9.10's default python2.6.
> 
> As you know zope and zodb are highly dependent on
> python2.5.  They will
> in fact complain and simply not run with python2.6.  I
> wasted a lot of
> time learning about this simple fact.  Simply having
> python2.5 running
> as the default python for ubuntu caused ubuntu's package
> installation
> system to break and give warnings about this.  The
> only workaround was
> to physically cp /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/python
> and then the apt/aptitude/synaptic would run/install ubuntu
> applications
> again.
> 
> 2)grok, zope and zodb do not run under ubuntu 10.04 and
> ubuntu 10.10
> because python2.5 is not in the ubuntu 10.04/10.10
> repository.  Only
> python2.6 is in the ubuntu 10.04/10.10 repository.
> I truly enjoy zodb with grok and to see ubuntu not
> supporting grok is a
> shame considering apt/synaptic/aptitude use python for
> package
> installation, ubuntu should be friendly with all python
> apps.
> 
> Please confirm that Grok1.1 will not abandon zodb and
> zope.app.file for
> the file upload.
> 
> Cheers,
> David
> 
> 
> 
> 
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