On Dec 13, 2005, at 12:12 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote: > > On Dec 13, 2005, at 11:36 AM, Schollnick, Benjamin wrote: > >> >>> Is distutils more for distributing packages/modules than developing? >> >> The only situation I use distutils is for installing packages/ >> modules, >> and distributing the software that I write (via py2app & py2exe). >> >> To my knowledge distutils is primarily for distributing packages & >> modules... > > It's the only good way to compile extensions, which makes it > infinitely useful for extension development as well. > > However, setuptools is also useful for pure Python development, > because setup.py develop goes ahead and checks all your dependencies > and adds your working copy to sys.path (ensuring that it doesn't > conflict with something already installed). Normally I would > manually generate a pth file to add my working copy to sys.path, but > creating a minimal setup.py is easier than dealing with any of that. > It can also create scripts via entry points, which saves more time. > > crack:~/src/MyPackage bob$ cd ~ > crack:~ bob$ mkdir -p src/MyPackage/MyPackage > crack:~ bob$ cd src/MyPackage > crack:~/src/MyPackage bob$ touch MyPackage/__init__.py > crack:~/src/MyPackage bob$ cat - > setup.py > #!/usr/bin/env python > from setuptools import setup, find_packages > setup(name="MyPackage", version="1.0", packages=find_packages()) > crack:~/src/MyPackage bob$ python setup.py develop > running develop > running egg_info > creating MyPackage.egg-info > writing ./MyPackage.egg-info/PKG-INFO > writing top-level names to ./MyPackage.egg-info/top_level.txt > running build_ext > Creating /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ > python2.4/site-packages/MyPackage.egg-link (link to .) > Adding MyPackage 1.0 to easy-install.pth file > > Installed /Volumes/Crack/src/MyPackage > Processing dependencies for MyPackage==1.0 > crack:~/src/MyPackage bob$ cd ~ > crack:~ bob$ python -c "import MyPackage; print MyPackage.__file__" > /Volumes/Crack/src/MyPackage/MyPackage/__init__.py
One thing I forgot to mention, is that setuptools also provides for painless uninstallation. crack:~/src/MyPackage bob$ python setup.py develop -u running develop Removing /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/site-packages/MyPackage.egg-link (link to .) Removing MyPackage 1.0 from easy-install.pth file crack:~/src/MyPackage bob$ cd ~ crack:~ bob$ python -c "import MyPackage; print MyPackage.__file__" Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in ? ImportError: No module named MyPackage -bob _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
