On Jul 19, 2013, at 12:23 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I like the idea of switching to zc.buildout style entry points - it > makes it easier to get pip to a point where "no setuptools" means "can > only install from wheel files" rather than "can't install anything" > (that way pip can install setuptools from a wheel if it needs to build > something else from source). I plan on making pip bundle setuptools regardless. To underline how important that is, it's been discovered (though we are still working out _why_) that pip 1.3.1 on python 3.x+ is broken with setuptools 0.7+. Historically we haven't tested old versions of pip against new versions of setuptools (and with how quickly setuptools is releasing now a days that matrix is going to become very big very fast). Bundling setuptools makes things way more stable and alleviates a lot of long term support headaches. Also just to be specific entry points don't require setuptools, they require pkg_resources which currently is installed as part of setuptools but can likely be split out. ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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