On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Piotr Dobrogost < p...@google-groups-2014.dobrogost.net> wrote:
> Hi! > > I've seen people putting 'setuptools' in 'install_requires' in > setup.py starting with import from setuptools like this: > from setuptools import setup, find_packages > > Does it make any sense? > In what circumstances should 'setuptools' be listed in > 'install_requires' or 'setup_requires'? > Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but you can list setuptools in setup.cfg as part of setup_requires and then tools that read setup.cfg instead of/prior to executing setup.py can know they need setuptools to properly execute setup.py.
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