On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 02:48:58PM +0100, Chris Withers wrote: > Fred Drake wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Chris Withers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> As is specifying the setuptools distribution as a requirement when you're >>> already using it... >> >> I don't use setuptools at runtime unless something requires it. >> >> Having it available at install time and run time are two different >> things, and should remain so. > > All I'm saying is that packages shouldn't express a dependency on > setuptools if setuptools is required even before that expression can be > parsed. > > I'm not talking about install or run time... > Are you then talking about build time?
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