On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 7:57 PM, P.J. Eby <p...@telecommunity.com> wrote:
> At 02:09 PM 11/30/2009 +0000, Ram Rachum wrote: > >> I've asked before about bundling Distribute. But now I ask, is it possible >> to >> pull out the `pkg_resources` module from the Distribute folder and bundle >> only >> that with my project? >> > > If your project is a standalone application with a completely isolated > sys.path, then yes, you can bundle it. If your project is a library or > shares sys.path directories with other libraries or applications, then no, > *do not bundle it*. > > (This is true even for the original pkg_resources, but it's doubly true for > Distribute's pkg_resources, as installing it may break a setuptools-based > installation's ability to upgrade setuptools.) > What I was thinking is to put it in its own package, and then import it like `from my_package import pkg_resources`. Would that still be problematic? Ram.
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