[Biopython-dev] Installation documentation

[Peter]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Brad Chapman <chapmanb at 50mail.com> wrote:
>
> The FreeBSD port is out of date now, so I commented that section out
> and replaced it with a section on using easy_install. This also
> reminded me that I needed to update the version on the Python
> Package Index. I added a note to the release details to do this; oh
> man, another step.

Well, easy_install isn't (yet) an official python standard so I hadn't
previously worried about it - our wiki Downloads page does mention it.
 Frankly the less "official" ways the are to install, the less ways it
can go wrong, and then the less questions need to be asked when it
goes wrong.

Nor had I worried about how PyPi's listing might need to be updated.
I assumed it was clever enough to scan the http://biopython.org/DIST/
directory and parse the filenames.  Is the real answer you (Brad) kept
it up to date?
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/biopython/

> Peter, if you have an account on pypi, let me know your login and I
> can add you as an owner for Biopython.

I don't have an account on pypi.

Peter