If I understood things right, setuptools extends the functionality of
distutils
Thus replacing within a setup.py:
from distutils.core import setup
with
try:
from setuptools import setup
except ImportError:
from distutils.core import setup
should have the following behaviour:
* does not change distutils functionality on any system (with or
without setuptools installed)
* adds setuptools functionality on a system with setuptools installed
This is especially important to obtain the convenient "python setup.py
develop" command.
Can someone confirm that the addition is non-critical? (I've not asked
on the setuptools list in order to get a neutral view of users).
context: http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/3743
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