Interested in Participating

[Richard Wilbur]

On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 20:30 -0400, Aaron Bentley wrote:
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> Richard Wilbur wrote:
> > I had version 0.8 installed as that was the most recent available in
> > Synaptic for the Dapper repositories.  Since the latest development is
> > so much newer, I wiped out the old installed version and installed from
> > the downloaded development tree.  I am interested in the new
> > documentation for my development environment.  I also wanted to avoid
> > creating the development tree with any bugs or quirks apparent in
> > earlier versions.
> 
> I understand, but of course the latest release is a safer choice, and
> quite up-to-date.  There's an apt repository for releases here:
> 
> http://bazaar-vcs.org/releases/debs/
> 
> >> Actually, I use the downloaded copy as my bzr executable directly:
> >>
> >> $ ln -s ~/bzr/bzr.dev/bzr ~/bin/bzr
> >>
> > 
> > I'm curious:  why do you use the bzr/bzr.dev copy in place instead of
> > installing it?  Is it because there is no uninstall option for setup.py
> > and you want to run a recent release without a lot of hassle?
> 
> It makes it very easy to stay up to date, it has no impact on other
> accounts, and it's very easy to change the symlink if I like.  This how
> I typically install Python programs that I develop, so that I can use
> changes I've made immediately.
> 
> I'm also not a big fan of setup.py or EasyInstall.  A system can't have
> two package managers.  I'd much rather have apt handle the system, and
> keep everything else in my home directory.
> 
> Aaron
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Aaron,

I updated the Installation page to have an anchor at "Run from source
directory" so we can link directly from the Giving Back page.  (I also
showed how to check whether '' is in your python path and tried to
clarify the symbolic link process slightly.)

With the anchor firmly in place ;>) I tried to make an internal link
from the Giving Back page to the anchor on the Installation page so we
could suggest they run from the source directory.  I can't find
documentation that describes a syntax for an internal wiki link that
will actually show up as one on the Giving Back page.  Maybe the
"#format rst" on the first line of the wiki source text for the page is
a clue?  Anyway, the link with anchor is there but it is decorated as an
external link.

Richard
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