Tarek, For some background on this, see http://bitbucket.org/srid/modern-package-template/issue/9/distribute_setup-should-not-be-used#comment-139503
The intent behind calling distribute_setup.use_setuptools (and ez_setup.use_setuptools) is that if the user does not have setuptools installed, running "python setup.py install" will automatically install it for him. But if the user already has setuptools, running distribute_setup.use_setuptools upgrades that installation to Distribute. This goes against the original intention, correct? Is it reasonable to provide an option to `use_setuptools` that would decide if Distribute must replace the existing setuptools or not? -srid
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