On 15-dec-2005, at 1:53, Bob Ippolito wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Christopher Barker wrote: > >> Bob Ippolito wrote: >>> However, setuptools is also useful for pure Python development, >> >> Bob, what do you see as the future of setuptools? Will in be in the >> standard >> lib in future versions? > > Not in any immediate future version, but it really doesn't matter. > The majority of packages that use setuptools include the ez_install > script, which bootstraps the downloading and installation of > setuptools if necessary.
That's IMHO an important feature of setuptools: it seriously reduces the amount of work you have to do to install packages that are not part of the standard library (especially for packages that have dependencies on other packages). Ronald > > -bob > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
