First, I want to say that I am very glad that setuptools/eggs are being developed - it is a great thing for Python.
I have been lurking on this list for a while. The two features that convinced me it was time to start using setuptools were automatic generation of .exe starter programs from console_scripts entry points, and this feature: """ Activated distributions are now inserted in sys.path (and the working set) just before the directory that contains them, instead of at the end. This allows e.g. eggs in site-packages to override unmanaged modules in the same location, and allows eggs found earlier on sys.path to override ones found later. """ However, after I do a pkg_resources.require(), my egg always ends up at the end of sys.path. I exected the egg file to show up before the directory that contained it, in this case a non-site-packages directory in my PYTHONPATH. This is on setuptools versions 0.6a7 and 0.6a8dev-r41402. (Hopefully this is helpful feedback. If not let me know and I'll go back to lurking.) -- David Handy Computer Programming is Fun! Beginning Computer Programming with Python http://www.handysoftware.com/cpif/ _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
