On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Paul Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But I don't see any practical difference with including setuptools and > including a module that installs setuptools. Would you be happy with > the standard library including a module whose sole function was to > install a package that you weren't happy to include directly in the > standard library? I wouldn't, personally.
Actually it's quite different -- the user or administrator is in control and they can choose not to install setuptools. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
