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From: Steve Holden on 26 Jan 2010 14:46 gslindstrom(a)gmail.com wrote: > My company is looking at creating a tool to allow us to define and > manage a process for each job we run (a typical job may be look on a > customers ftp site for a file, download it, decrypt it and load it into > our database). We would like something which would allow us to glue > together various existing processes we currently use into a single unit > with multiple steps. Along the way, this new routine would need to log > its progress and be able to report and even handle errors. A coworker > has suggested we look at Ant ("Another Neat Tool") and, though it looks > promising, I have reservations. If I recall correctly, it was intended > as a replacement for "Make" and I worry that we may be trying to force > Ant to be something it is not. Also, most of our code base is in Python > and I'd really like to stay that way, of possible. > > Are there any systems out there that will allow me to run multiple > programs as one process? We could write our own, of course, and the > Twisted package looks like it would be fun to use. Or, is Ant a viable > solution to our problem? > > Your constructive comments would be appreciated > > Greg Lindstrom > Novasys Health > Little Rock, Arkansas > Take a look at fabric. It was designed for installation, but it might do what you want. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 PyCon is coming! Atlanta, Feb 2010 http://us.pycon.org/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ UPCOMING EVENTS: http://holdenweb.eventbrite.com/
From: John Bokma on 26 Jan 2010 15:21 Steve Holden <steve(a)holdenweb.com> writes: Apologies for the piggy back, my Usenet provider can't get the OP's message. > gslindstrom(a)gmail.com wrote: >> My company is looking at creating a tool to allow us to define and >> manage a process for each job we run (a typical job may be look on a >> customers ftp site for a file, download it, decrypt it and load it into >> our database). We would like something which would allow us to glue >> together various existing processes we currently use into a single unit >> with multiple steps. Along the way, this new routine would need to log >> its progress and be able to report and even handle errors. A coworker >> has suggested we look at Ant ("Another Neat Tool") and, though it looks >> promising, I have reservations. If I recall correctly, it was intended >> as a replacement for "Make" and I worry that we may be trying to force >> Ant to be something it is not. It was intended as a replacement. But you can use it for many other things, without making it feel out of place in my opinion. I do use it exactly the way you describe for various tasks: calling external programs, uploading a file, etc. My personal site, see sig, is generated by a Perl program, and uploaded by another, and some other programs have to run as well, and all is glued together using ant. If I modify an XML file (my site is defined using XML), I do: ant local to update a local version. If I am happy with how it looks, I do ant upload Ant makes several things really easy. The things I do with it would take me more lines in either Perl or Python. So I use Perl (or Python) when it makes things easier, and ant to glue everything together if that's easier. -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development
From: Chris Rebert on 26 Jan 2010 15:31 On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:58 AM, <gslindstrom(a)gmail.com> wrote: > My company is looking at creating a tool to allow us to define and manage a > process for each job we run (a typical job may be look on a customers ftp > site for a file, download it, decrypt it and load it into our database). We > would like something which would allow us to glue together various existing > processes we currently use into a single unit with multiple steps. Along the > way, this new routine would need to log its progress and be able to report > and even handle errors. A coworker has suggested we look at Ant ("Another > Neat Tool") and, though it looks promising, I have reservations. If I recall > correctly, it was intended as a replacement for "Make" and I worry that we > may be trying to force Ant to be something it is not. Also, most of our code > base is in Python and I'd really like to stay that way, of possible. > > Are there any systems out there that will allow me to run multiple programs > as one process? We could write our own, of course, and the Twisted package > looks like it would be fun to use. Or, is Ant a viable solution to our > problem? > > Your constructive comments would be appreciated There are several make-replacements written in Python. They could be an option. Here's a list of some of them (courtesy some googling): - Paver (http://www.blueskyonmars.com/projects/paver/) - SCons (http://www.scons.org/) - Vellum (https://launchpad.net/vellum) - Aap (http://www.a-a-p.org/) (List is in no particular order and likely incomplete; I have not tried any of these myself.) Cheers, Chris -- http://blog.rebertia.com
From: Javier Collado on 26 Jan 2010 15:42 Hello, One tool that I really like is doit: http://python-doit.sourceforge.net/ If you need to execute jobs remotely, you may like to take a look at STAF: http://staf.sourceforge.net/index.php Best regards, Javier 2010/1/26 Chris Rebert <clp2(a)rebertia.com>: > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:58 AM, <gslindstrom(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> My company is looking at creating a tool to allow us to define and manage a >> process for each job we run (a typical job may be look on a customers ftp >> site for a file, download it, decrypt it and load it into our database). We >> would like something which would allow us to glue together various existing >> processes we currently use into a single unit with multiple steps. Along the >> way, this new routine would need to log its progress and be able to report >> and even handle errors. A coworker has suggested we look at Ant ("Another >> Neat Tool") and, though it looks promising, I have reservations. If I recall >> correctly, it was intended as a replacement for "Make" and I worry that we >> may be trying to force Ant to be something it is not. Also, most of our code >> base is in Python and I'd really like to stay that way, of possible. >> >> Are there any systems out there that will allow me to run multiple programs >> as one process? We could write our own, of course, and the Twisted package >> looks like it would be fun to use. Or, is Ant a viable solution to our >> problem? >> >> Your constructive comments would be appreciated > > There are several make-replacements written in Python. They could be an option. > > Here's a list of some of them (courtesy some googling): > - Paver (http://www.blueskyonmars.com/projects/paver/) > - SCons (http://www.scons.org/) > - Vellum (https://launchpad.net/vellum) > - Aap (http://www.a-a-p.org/) > > (List is in no particular order and likely incomplete; I have not > tried any of these myself.) > > Cheers, > Chris > -- > http://blog.rebertia.com > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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