On 4/21/06, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:51 PM 4/21/2006 -0400, Jim Jewett wrote: > >Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> > > As for --install-data > > > ... one of the pre-existing distutils extensions ... > > Use of a third-party extension (that isn't mentioned > > in the docs [2.3]) is hardly intuitive. > > If it is really required, that is far more > >intrusive than the stdlib changes setuptools makes. > [Request for clarification] If I were developing under 2.3, having to install a 3rd-party tool to make distutils work is no better than installing setuptools, even with its changes to the stdlib -- and considerably worse, since setuptools is at least a blessed extension. Even if I'm developing mostly with 2.5, I'm reluctant to require that my users install more than they need to. I don't like that setuptools is needed, and changes their system defaults -- but that is still better than doing the same thing with a random third-party extension. -jJ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
