On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> wrote:
> > On Jul 11, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The pip executable script/wrapper currently uses setuptools entry points > and wrapper scripts. I'm not a fan of those, so I'd be happy to see the > change you suggest, but OTOH they have been like that since long before I > was involved with pip, and I have no idea if there are reasons they need to > stay that way. > > > Typically the reasoning is because of the .exe wrapper. > And if people want to promote the -m option then the executable scripts just become a secondary convenience. Plus you can't exactly require setuptools to create those scripts at install-time with Python if that's when they are going to be installed.
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