Around 570 people answered the survey, which is a great number I didn’t expect. Thanks again to Massimo for his help on this.
I have a lot of work to read all the open question answers, and all the comments that goes with the “other” answer, but I wanted to publish the results of the closed questions before the summit.
I don’t want to comment the results yet. I will after I have studied all answers, so it’ll be a little while 😉
Who are you ?
| Professional developer using Python exclusively. |
|
283 |
| Professional developer using Python unable to use Python “at work”. |
|
34 |
| Professional developer using Python sometimes. |
|
196 |
| Hobbyist using Python. |
|
116 |
Where are you located ?
| USA |
|
212 |
| Western Europe |
|
268 |
| Eastern Europe |
|
42 |
| Asia |
|
18 |
| Africa |
|
9 |
| Other |
|
70 |
If you are a web programmer, what is the framework you use the most ?
| Pylons |
|
55 |
| TG 2 |
|
14 |
| TG 1 |
|
15 |
| Django |
|
184 |
| Zope (including Plone) |
|
137 |
| Other |
|
207 |
How do you organize your application code most of the time ?
| I put everything in one package |
|
171 |
| I create several packages and use a tool like zc.buildout or Paver to distribute the whole application |
|
137 |
| I create several packages and use a main package or script to launch the application |
|
198 |
| I use my own mechanism for aggregating packages into a single install. |
|
67 |
For libraries you don’t distribute publicly, do you you create a setup.py script ?
What is the main tool or combination of tools you are using to package and distribute your Python application ?
| None |
|
80 |
| setuptools |
|
150 |
| distutils |
|
127 |
| zc.buildout and distutils |
|
10 |
| zc.buildout and setuptools |
|
107 |
| Paver and setuptools |
|
9 |
| Paver and Distutils |
|
3 |
| Other |
|
64 |
How do you install a package that does not provide a standalone installer (but provides a standard setup.py script) most of the time ?
| I use easy_install |
|
241 |
| I download it and manually run the python setup.py install command |
|
139 |
| I use pip |
|
34 |
| I move files around and create symlinks manually. |
|
7 |
| I use the packaging tool provided in my system (apt, yum, etc) |
|
81 |
| Other |
|
33 |
How do you remove a package ?
| manually, by removing the directory and fixing the .pth files |
|
275 |
| I use one virtualenv per application, so the main python is never polluted, and only remove entire environments. |
|
154 |
| using the packaging tool (apt, yum, etc) |
|
178 |
| I don’t know / I fail at uninstallation |
|
79 |
| I change PYTHONPATH to include a directory of the packages used by my application, then remove just that directory |
|
31 |
| Other |
|
10 |
How do you manage using more than one version of a library on a system ?
| I don’t use multiple versions of a library |
|
217 |
| I use virtualenv |
|
203 |
| I use Setuptools’ multi-version features |
|
46 |
| I build fresh Python interpreter from source for each project |
|
16 |
| I use zc.buildout |
|
109 |
| I set sys.path in my scripts |
|
48 |
| I set PYTHONPATH to select particular libraries |
|
49 |
| Other |
|
23 |
Do you work with setuptools’ namespace packages ?
Has PyPI become mandatory in your everyday work (if you use zc.buildout for example) ?
If you previously answered Yes, did you set up an alternative solution (mirror, cache..) in case PyPI is down ?
Do you register your packages on PyPI ?
Do you upload your package on PyPI ?
If you previously answered No, how do you distribute your packages ?
| One my own website, using simple links |
|
139 |
| One my own website, using a PyPI-like server |
|
50 |
| On a forge, like sourceforge |
|
|
| N/A |
|
251 |
| Other |
|
56 |
Fetchez le Python 
Nice job on your PyPI talk. I definitely learned some ideas for future reference.
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