On 4 August 2017 at 12:15, Thomas Güttler <guettl...@thomas-guettler.de> wrote: > Chris wrote "Simple: `scripts` are legacy." > > You say it is the standard, and console_scripts is from a third party. > > For me "legacy" sound like "don't go this old way". > > For me "third party" sounds like "don't go this way, stick to the standard". > > I feel stupid since I have no clue.
The official docs recommend distutils: https://docs.python.org/2/library/distutils.html > Most Python users will not want to use this module directly, but instead use > the cross-version tools maintained by the Python Packaging Authority. In > particular, setuptools is an enhanced alternative to distutils that provides: > [snip] > * the ability to declare project “entry points”, which can be used as the > basis for application plugin systems > * the ability to automatically generate Windows command line executables at > installation time rather than needing to prebuild them And, as eryk sun mentioned, recent Python 2.7 and 3.4 versions ship setuptools and pip, via the ensurepip module. -- Chris Warrick <https://chriswarrick.com/> PGP: 5EAAEA16 _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
