[Twisted-Python] How to configure setup.py for a twistd TAP app
Chris Miles
miles.chris at gmail.com
Sun Dec 23 06:34:12 EST 2007
On 21/12/2007, at 5:43 PM, Chris Miles wrote:
> On 21/12/2007, at 1:30 AM, Jean-Paul Calderone wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:23:44 +1100, Chris Miles <miles.chris at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>> Thanks Jean-Paul, that worked great, with both
>>> distutils.core.setup and twisted.python.dist.setup. When I used
>>> the latter I didn't need to regenerate the plugin cache, twistd
>>> picked up the new command immediately after install. Is this the
>>> advantage of twisted.python.dist.setup ?
>>
>> Not quite. twisted.python.dist is an internal module, not part of
>> Twisted's
>> public API. Notice this line in its docstring:
>>
>> API Stability: Unstable. Don't use it outside of Twisted.
>
> Understood. I'm happy with the solution using distutils.core.setup
> and forcing a plugin cache refresh.
I have documented the method I used to package my Twisted app using
distutils. I used the Twisted finger tutorial as an example.
http://chrismiles.livejournal.com/23399.html
Hope this helps others.
Cheers,
Chris Miles
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