On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:04 AM, P.J. Eby <p...@telecommunity.com> wrote: > At 10:11 AM 3/25/2009 -0500, Olemis Lang wrote: >> >> ... but Trac plugins *do require* egg files ... (AFAIK after reading >> Trac docs and implementation of plugin upload from /admin/plugins, egg >> cache for plugins ... and so on ...) and this is what I was talking >> about ... apps (e.g. Trac) depending *today* on setuptools (e.g. egg >> files ...) > > Trac uses entry points to access plugins. Those plugins do not require .egg > files, unless Trac specifically wrote code of their own that requires .egg > files. >
Yes you're right, Trac requires .egg files for local plugins installs (... in /plugins folder ;) so that not all environments but only one be able to use the plugin ... but that's not exactly what I'm saying, since setuptools AFAIK *MUST* be already there ... so Trac depends on setuptools. > If you install a plugin from source using pip Like you said setuptools is already there ... pip depends on setuptools ... isn't it? > or a system package manager, > no .egg file is involved -- you'll have an .egg-info directory instead, > alongside the installed code. The pkg_resources API for accessing entry > points works with either .egg files or .egg-info directories. > Like I just said setuptools AFAIK *MUST* be there ... isnt it ? Am I still wrong ? BTW ... if you (or anyone else ;) suggests me another pkg «like» setuptools (supporting entry points and so on ...) so that I can try how to install and use Trac plugins without setuptools + pkg_* in the middle ... I'll be open to try it out ... and learn a little ;) PS: Sorry if I insist «too much» ... BTW I am not very sure about whether this getting a little bit OT or not ... hope this isnt the case ... but if it is, pls let me know ASAP ... ;) -- Regards, Olemis. Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/ Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/ Featured article: _______________________________________________ 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
