[mapserver-dev] Python MapScript on PyPI

[Seth G]

The ideal scenario would be to automatically build, test, and if test pass push new Python 2 and 3 MapScript Wheels to PyPI. Travis would be used for Linux and Appveyor for Windows. 
This would then allow "pip install mapscript" for Python 2 or 3. 
The MapServer binaries would need to be installed on the same machine, and PATH set to point to these for MapScript to work. 
I'm not sure how compatible MapScript would be on a Linux build - if anyone can provide details in this it would be useful. 
https://github.com/pypa/manylinux might help?
On Windows we could test py2 and py3 against the x64 GISInternals MapServver builds and x32 ms4w builds. 

Seth


--
web:http://geographika.co.uk
twitter: @geographika

On Sun, Mar 25, 2018, at 1:27 PM, Tom Kralidis wrote:
> Update: good news the maintainers have graciously added Seth
> (geographika) and myself
> as maintainers on PyPI.
> 
> Let's discuss next steps on publishing Python MapScript to PyPI
> as part of the release process?  Seth/others any thoughts?
> 
> ..Tom
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 12:14 PM, Tom Kralidis <tomkralidis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi devs: given recent movement on Python MapScript [1][2],
> > Seth and I (here at Bonn code sprint) have been discussing
> > updates to Python MapScript being made available on PyPI.
> > For those who may not be aware, PyPI is Python's main package
> > index.  Publishing to PyPI would allow for users to (assuming
> > a MapServer installation) easily install MapScript for Python-based
> > workflows.
> >
> > Having said this, it turns out MapScript is currently published to
> > PyPI [3] dating back to 5.6.3.
> >
> > I will contact the PyPI maintainers to discuss having PyPI
> > releases as part of the MapServer release process proper.
> >
> > If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > ..Tom
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/pull/5561
> > [2] https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/pull/5569
> > [3] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mapscript
> _______________________________________________
> mapserver-dev mailing list
> mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev