-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/26/2013 05:28 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > > On 25 Mar, 2013, at 19:16, PJ Eby <p...@telecommunity.com> wrote: >> >> >> Also, as far as detecting the need for setuptools, I think that can >> be done just by noticing whether the PKG-INFO included in an sdist >> is metadata 2.0 or not. If it is, then setuptools should be >> explicitly declared as a build-time dependency, otherwise it's not >> needed. If it's an older metadata version, then you probably need >> setuptools. > > Is it even necessary to automaticly install setuptools? > Setuptools-using package are supposed to use ez_setup.py, or > distribute_setup.py for distribute, to ensure that the setuptools > package is available during setup.
No, they are not. That usage was for bootstrapping in an era when setuptools was not widely presetn. Most packages have *removed* those files today. Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tsea...@palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlFRvPAACgkQ+gerLs4ltQ6XhgCgknMlM9drnL5KJKSvoEcuoKqw 60gAn1QyyUersaUdKXbJrpnJuu3AXkzz =i63/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
