Bug#840673: pkg_resources: ‘load_entry_point’ crashes without Setuptools

2016-12-16 Thread Ben Finney
On 15-Dec-2016, Matthias Klose wrote: > In the past we needed that [split into ‘python-pkg-resources’ and > ‘python-setuptools’ binary packages] to be able to build packages > without setuptools but using pkg_resources. Yes, that's exactly my purpose for depending on ‘python-pkg-resources’. What a

Bug#840673: pkg_resources: ‘load_entry_point’ crashes without Setuptools

2016-12-15 Thread Matthias Klose
On 15.12.2016 21:01, Ben Finney wrote: > On 15-Dec-2016, Matthias Klose wrote: >> On 15.12.2016 16:00, Barry Warsaw wrote: >>> Does it ever make sense to install pkg_resources and not install >>> setuptools? > > Yes. The ‘pkg_resources’ library allows a program to access its > package resources, w

Bug#840673: pkg_resources: ‘load_entry_point’ crashes without Setuptools

2016-12-15 Thread Ben Finney
On 15-Dec-2016, Matthias Klose wrote: > On 15.12.2016 16:00, Barry Warsaw wrote: > > Does it ever make sense to install pkg_resources and not install > > setuptools? Yes. The ‘pkg_resources’ library allows a program to access its package resources, while most Python programs don't need to build Py

Bug#840673: pkg_resources: ‘load_entry_point’ crashes without Setuptools

2016-10-13 Thread Ben Finney
Control: reassign -1 python-pkg-resources Control: retitle -1 pkg_resources: ‘load_entry_point’ crashes without Setuptools Control: merge 836710 -1 Control: affects 836710 dput Control: summary 836710 0 The ‘pkg_resources’ documentation explicitly makes ‘load_entry_point’ available, but the curren