25 March 2013 03:49, Richard Jones <richardjo...@optushome.com.au> wrote: > On 25 March 2013 14:11, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 3/24/13, Richard Jones <richardjo...@optushome.com.au> wrote: >>> This is a valid concern. Obviously "pip install easy_install" is not a >>> solution - especially since the general intention is to deprecate >>> easy_install eventually (as explained in Nick's response). I did not >>> discuss eggs with the pip developers while at PyCon which is quite >>> unfortunate. I would appreciate any insights from those devs on the >>> matter. >> >> Why is "pip install setuptools" not a solution? It's easier than >> getting setuptools installed is today. > > Because of the reason I stated later; it's a second hurdle that users > have to get over before installing the actual thing they wish to > install. All packages that depend on setuptools must include the > instructions "but first install setuptools."
People have suggested pip offer egg (or wininst) installation for a long time now. But nobody has ever come up with actual code to do this. I don't think anyone should assume that such support will "just happen". Paul. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
