On 20/03/2008, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, this information is VERY helpful. It makes it blindingly > obvious to me now that the difference between loving and hating > setuptools is whether you're *intentionally* using it, or whether it > shows up in your ecosystem uninvited.
Exactly. I never thought to express that, but it precisely explains my situation as well. > Hm. So it seems to me that maybe one thing that would help is a > "Setuptools Haters' Guide To Setuptools" -- that is, *short* > documentation specifically written for people who don't want to use > setuptools and want to minimize its impact on their systems. I could > probably write something like that fairly easily, now that I have > some idea of what to go in it, more than, "the existing documentation > sucks". :) > > Can I count on some non-assimilated persons' help in critiquing such > a document and suggesting any topics I miss? I would do so. (From a Windows user's perspective). Paul. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com