Clearly I am missing the back story on this issue which would explain the reasoning behind moving setup.py. I download way too many Python packages, they always have setup.py as primary metadata, I always install via pip. So, I don't know what installation instructions recommend, I've never looked there, so I shouldn't be commenting.
But I will: how about mentioning setup.py in the installation instructions? But, if, as I suspect, I'm missing the point: +1 on moving setup.py to leo/dist https://docs.python.org/2/install/#the-new-standard-distutils https://docs.python.org/3.5/install/index.html#the-new-standard-distutils On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Saturday, October 25, 2014 6:34:29 AM UTC-5, Edward K. Ream wrote: >> >> Can you live with setup.py somewhere other than the top-level folder? >> >> Hiding setup.py seems like the only way to resolve git bug #81 >> https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/81 > > > Here is the summary of this discussion: > > 1. Ville has stated that he wouldn't mind moving setup.py out of the > top-level folder. > > 2. Kent and Matt say pip expects setup.py to be in the top-level folder. > > 3. I would prefer that setup.py not exist. The installation instructions > make no mention of setup.py. > > I plan to move setup.py to leo/dist for the following reasons: > > A. Kent and Matt presumably use git to get the latest sources, so even for > them setup.py is optional. > > B. Putting setup.py in the top-level has indeed caused confusion in the > past. This will continue to be so regardless of setup.py value. > > Further comments welcome. > > Edward > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
