If we're going to use setuptools (actually already required for Python
2.3), I think we need to do it completely and not optionally --
otherwise users will start to depend on its features, which simply won't
be there in some cases. In particular, I suspect they will make use of
the dependency resolution mechanisms. As I suggested on the ipython-dev
list this will do what you want without requiring a change to setup.py:
python -c "import setuptools; execfile('setup.py')" develop
Gael Varoquaux wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just sent a similar e-mail to the ipython-def mailing list:
> I am not a big proponent of setuptools, but I must admit they have really
> nice feature for developpers: "python setup.py develop", which does the
> Python equivalent of a symlink during the install so that it uses the
> source code from the check out to run.
>
> I would like to add these lines to the setup.py:
>
> """
> try:
> from setuptools import setup, find_packages
> except ImportError:
> pass
> """
>
> I cannot see waht harm this can do, and I can see the benefit: I install
> an svn checkout of MPL with:
>
> """
> sudo python setup.py develop --prefix /usr/local
> """
>
> and then maintain this check out by doing "svn up", and this even in
> windows.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Gaël
>
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