On May 6, 2009, at 9:38 PM, Wheat wrote:
I'll also mention my most common use-case for using entry_points is installing console_scripts using zc.recipe.egg.
I'm curious about that because I've never understood the benefit of using entry points for console scripts. Why not just list the script as a part of the package and have it installed "normally"?
Also, using console_scripts for entry_points means that there is a second way of specifying scripts, since Distutils already has the 'scripts' metadata field. I would say that the 'scripts' field should then be deprecated, but perhaps there are reason's beyond breaking backwards compatability for keeping that field around?
I would argue the other way. Why force authors of console scripts to deal with entry points instead of just installing the script as-is?
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