On 2/9/06, Michael Twomey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Joe Gregorio has a fairly negative experience with easy_install here: > http://bitworking.org/news/Please_stop_using_setuptools__at_least_exclusively__for_now____ > > I think his points boil roughly down to these: [...] > 5. At this point he gives up and copies the source from svn.
This is the one that struck me as the biggest issue. Joe is right that setuptools is still in alpha - so authors offering setuptools-based installs should be fully aware that they risk breakage, frustration, and similar from their users. That's to be expected. If you don't like the pain of alpha software, then avoid it. If routes *needed* setuptools functionality, then fine - but explain this prominently somewhere: "This package uses setuptools, which is currently in alpha status - there may be issues installing or using the software. If you hit any problems, please report them to the distils-sg, and thank you for helping to test setuptools". But clearly routes does not need setuptolols functionality (or the Routes tests aren't complete - as Joe said that all the tests run). So why not provide a non-setuptools build, for users who don't want to fight with the bleeding edge? Just my 2p worth... Paul. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig