[reportlab-users] ReportLab 2.2 deployment options

[Matthias Klose]

Andy Robinson schrieb:

> 2008/9/2 Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu.com>:

>> Andy Robinson schrieb:

>>> Q2. Should we try to do "batteries included", with the accelerator,

>>> optional C libraries for rendering bitmaps and the type 1 fonts

>>> included in the basic package and one setup script to build it all?

>> please don't make it harder for (Linux) distributors to only build and install

>> reportlab. if these things are included and installed unconditionally, please

>> provide options to use the stuff installed on the system instead.

>>

> 

> Which specific things are you talking about?  What would make it harder?


it would be harder to evaluate each upstream source release, if it is
distributable or not. we had some private communicatations about this. currently
it is difficult to get official information on the license for specific files.


> We have 2 C extensions which add substantial performance in one case,

> and substantial functionality in another.  I'm just talking about having them

> included by default, rather than making people follow extra instructions to

> compile them.


this sounds ok. as a distributor I am able to specify build dependencies which
are required for the build. anything which allows me to configure this works
fine with me.


> I presume that if distutils builds it all out of the box on Ubuntu 8.04 (which

> several of us now use), and we handle the fonts

> and sample text issue in your other email, we're OK?


I would appreciate it very much if you can address these other issues. I'm happy
to test any release candidate.

  Matthias