On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Jacek Konieczny <jaj...@jajcus.net> wrote: > On 2015-04-22 17:41, Elan Ruusamäe wrote: >> http://git.pld-linux.org/?p=packages/python-setuptools.git;a=commitdiff;h=64c5aa5e97487c2879a621605724e4e64f85a933 >> >> blah, i do not understand what should i use in new specs >> python-setuptools or python-distribute? > > setuptools > >> i thought setuptools is old and distribute is new? > > That was true at some time. But that had changed again long time ago. > > So its complicated. In short: > > Python has provided 'distutils' in its standard library for long time, > but that was quite limited, so setuptools appeared. For some it was not > enough either, so it was forked and 'distribute' appeared. Soon, > 'distribute' become the standard. > > In the meantime another project 'distutils2' was announced, which was to > supersed both setuptools and distribute, but that didn't really happen. > Instead, 'distribute' was merged back to 'setuptools' and 'setuptools' > is what the world uses now.
Also, pip is the blessed way of installing the modules now, see https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0453/#abstract Some notes about setuptools https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0453/#automatic-installation-of-setuptools [...] Regards, w _______________________________________________ pld-devel-en mailing list pld-devel-en@lists.pld-linux.org http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-devel-en