buildout conf for building xappy

[Kapil Thangavelu]

hi folks,

i've been using zc.buildout to build, compile, install xappy.. and wanted to share the configuration for whats its worth.

zc.buildout is a tool for generating repeatable software installations, typically in a sandbox directory. its become best practice for zope/plone developers, and i also use it for django, pylons. though it has explicit support for eggs, its not really python specific, and can be used for all sorts of software.. the python cheeseshop/pypi has over 50 recipes for use with buildout.

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout

http://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=browse&show=all&c=512

the buildout.conf for xappy and the standard zc.buildout bootstrap script are attached.

to try them out, you can create a directory drop the two attached files in there and run

 $ python bootstrap.py

 $ ./bin/buildout -v

at this point its downloaded, and compiled xapian, xapian bindings, and pulled xappy from svn.  it also generates a python interpreter script that sets up the python path appropriately.

 $ ./bin/python

 # you can play around with xappy now.

 >> import xappy

 >> import xapian

cheers,

kapil

[Richard Boulton]

Kapil Thangavelu wrote:
> hi folks,
>
> i've been using zc.buildout to build, compile, install xappy.. and
> wanted to share the configuration for whats its worth.

This sounds great - I'll try to find time to play around with it and
integrate it into the repository soon.

--
Richard