[Biopython] Problem building from PyPi: Affy package directory is missing

[Peter]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Brad Chapman <chapmanb at 50mail.com> wrote:
> Walter;
>
>> I generally install biopython either using easy_install or pip (if
>> I need to enforce a particular version). Today was rebuilding the
>> dependencies for a project I'm working on and when I went to build
>> biopython I got the following error:
>>
>> error: package directory 'Bio/Affy' does not exist
>
> Thanks for the heads up. There were a couple of compounding issues
> that led to the easy_install problem. Normally, pypi pulls the
> source files directly from the Biopython server. However, it looks
> like a spammer added an index.html in biopython.org/DIST, which
> forced pypi to use the uploaded .tar.gz as a last resort.  ...
>
> - Things are fixed now on all ends. The pypi upload is new correct,
>  you can access the biopython files again, and the MANIFEST.in was
>  updated so we shouldn't see this again in the future.

Huh - so MANIFEST.in should include MANIFEST.in? Thanks
for sorting that out Brad.

> - You are apparently the first lucky person to see the problem
>  since the biopython.org/DIST problem appears to be brand new.

I'd spotted the index.html thing yesterday and it was fixed this
morning - you were unlucky with the timing. The OBF team are
looking into this.

Peter