[GRASS-dev] dateutil dependency killing GRASS 7

[Michael Barton]

So it comes on Mac but not on Windows? I think I now remember that one of the first students who reported problems was on Windows. Another was on the Mac, but maybe it is because she installed MacPython by mistake.

Michael
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On Oct 23, 2012, at 4:51 PM, William Kyngesburye <woklist at kyngchaos.com>
 wrote:

> Well, on the Mac, it "comes with" the Python Apple provides, but as Glynn says it is not a part of the standard Python package.  It looks like it's been included since Python 2.5 on OS X.
> 
> On Oct 23, 2012, at 12:23 PM, Michael Barton wrote:
> 
>> So now I'm confused. Does it come with the Python that comes with Macs and can be installed (normal install) on Windows? Or is it something that needs to be installed separately?
>> 
>> Michael
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>> C. Michael Barton 
>> Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
>> Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change
>> Arizona State University
>> Tempe, AZ  85287-2402
>> USA
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>> On Oct 23, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Michael Barton wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I want to retract my concern over dateutil.
>>>> 
>>>> Both William and Helena have shown that it IS available in the
>>>> default Python distribution.
>>> 
>>> It isn't, however, part of the Python standard library, so it needs to
>>> be explicitly listed as a dependency, distinct from Python.
>>> 
>>> I have no particular opinion as to whether or not dateutil should be
>>> used, but it should not be an optional dependency. I.e. either require
>>> it or don't use it, but don't offer two subtly-different APIs.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
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