Consider packaging / distribution for 2.0 (maybe using a Conda recipe)

[brettc]

PF 2.0 moves away from the "batteries included" approach in PF 1.0, as we dependencies on various packages (numpy etc), and we might also require building a cython extension. Python packaging is notoriously crappy, so we could consider anaconda packaging as a supported solution. ie. Download anaconda; use "conda install partfinder2".

[cmayer]

Hi Brett,

in principle Anaconda worked fine for me when I tried it.

If I understand correctly, Anaconda will not be required if all packages are already installed, but it is an additional supported solution?

Best Christoph

Am 05.02.2015 um 20:14 schrieb Brett Calcott:

PF 2.0 moves away from the "batteries included" approach in PF 1.0, as we dependencies on various packages (numpy etc), and we might also require building a cython extension. Python packaging is notoriously crappy, so we could consider anaconda packaging as a supported solution. ie. Download anaconda; use "conda install partfinder2".

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[brettc]

I'm just talking about providing an easy way for someone to install PF 2.0, by using the Anaconda packaging system, perhaps one that we might explicitly support.

Q: "PF 2.0 does NOT run on my foobar linux systems cluster with custom compiled python and random packages installed"

A: Install anaconda python. Run "conda install pf2".

Of course, PF2 should run easily enough on other installations. But that often depends on the know how of the users.