Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> writes: > Pip itself does not depend on setuptools though we _do_ depend on > pkg_resources […]
For those confused about what that means: The ‘pkg_resources’ package is separate once installed, but is currently only distributed as part of Setuptools. So it's reasonable to declare a dependency on ‘pkg_resources’, yet that dependency cannot be satisfied by Pip without installing the entire Setuptools distribution. The issue <URL:https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/863> requests this to be fixed, but AFAIK no changes have been implemented yet. -- \ “I think Western civilization is more enlightened precisely | `\ because we have learned how to ignore our religious leaders.” | _o__) —Bill Maher, 2003 | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
