On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Jim Fulton <[email protected]> wrote: > I plan to add explicit buildout support for distribute. Here's a > sketch. Basically it boils down to satisfying requirements for > setuptools with distribute whenever distribute is in buildout's > working set. So, when installing a package that requires setuptools, > it will convert that requirement to a requirement for distribute. > There will be 2 separate bootstrap scripts, one that uses distribute > and one that uses setuptools. There will also be a buildout > configuration option that will allow a buildout configuration author > to fix which is used. Probably: > > use-distribute = true > > This will only serve as a check that the right bootstrap was used.
Sounds good. Tarek already implemented the separate bootstrap file including the requirements conversion. This is currently done via monkey-patches of buildout, which could be avoided if this finds its way into buildout itself. Hanno _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
