On 4/5/07, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The purpose of ez_setup.py was to give people a migration path such that they > could write project that used setuptools, but ensure that their users wouldn't > have to go install another package themselves. > > It's deprecated now. Don't use it.
So from this I take that our current approach advising people to use ez_setup.pu if setuptools are not available is also a bad idea. Currently we try: import setuptools except ImportError: raise SystemExit("""\ matplotlib requires setuptools for installation. Please download http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py and run it (as su if you are doing a system wide install) to install the proper version of setuptools for your system. If this is your first time upgrading matplotlib with the new setuptools requirement, you must delete the old matplotlib install directory.""") ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel