On 06/29/2017 08:32 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:

This is somebody else's project I'm hacking on, and my understanding
of setup tools is pretty much at the "cargo cult" level.


I have a sneaking suspicion that's everyone. Setuptools (and distutils before it) has no underlying rhyme or reason; just a collection of stuff and if you do all the stuff then magic. Eggs and wheels and twine make me feel like I'm playing the world's worst Settlers of Catan knockoff every time I try to make a project all pretty, and the XKCD 927 factor is in full and glorious effect.

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