We support setuptools, but we do not require it.

On Friday 23 February 2007 5:46:58 am Edin Salkovic wrote:
> I'm learning a bit about setuptools and distutils, so sorry if this is
> a no brainer:  Are we using only distutils for matplotlib?  I.e. - no
> setuptools?
>
> This is because I stumbled across this at the setuptools page:
> http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools
> ====
> Feature Highlights:
>
> ....
>     * Include data files inside your package directories, where your
> code can actually use them. (Python 2.4 distutils also supports this
> feature, but setuptools provides the feature for Python 2.3 packages
> also, and supports accessing data files in zipped packages too.)
> ....
>
> Cheers,
> Edin
>
> On 2/22/07, Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I noticed today that setup.py is using package_data. Is this absolutely
> > necessary? The most recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes
> > python-2.3, which does not support package_data. We are still supporting
> > python-2.3, aren't we?
> >
> > Darren
> >
> >
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