has <hengist.p...@virgin.net> wrote: > On 13 Sep 2009, at 18:52, Bill Janssen wrote: > > > Is it possible to disentangle appscript from setuptools? I just > > downloaded the sources to my Snow Leopard machine, did > > > > python setup.py build > > python setup.py install > > > > which went just fine. But then I did > > > > % python > >>>> import appscript > > > > and got this big stack trace because a ~/.python-eggs subdirectory > > wasn't accessible. That shouldn't happen, and I'd like to remove > > any dependence on setuptools and eggs, if possible. > > > > You can install appscript from source using plain old distutils; the > setup.py script will use setuptools if it's available and distutils if > not. Though if there are problems with setuptools then I'd suggest > filing bug reports on that as well.
I'd like to suggest an option to use distutils even if setuptools is available. Filing bug reports on setuptools seems like a losing proposition; I'd have to understand how it works first. How about *you* file the bug reports there? You're the one using it. Bill _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
