Re: Removal of easy_install

2018-05-06 Thread Ben Finney 
Scott Talbert  writes:

> About a month ago, Matthias removed easy_install from setuptools.  I
> have sent him a few mails and bugs asking about it, but I haven't
> heard anything back.  Anyone know why he did it?  I have a package
> that currently FTBFS because of it.  :(

Why does a source package *build* need to use ‘easy_install’? The source
package should not need any network access to build, all the source
should be in Debian source packages that are fetched before the build
begins.

Which package is the one that's failing to build now?

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Ben Finney

Removal of easy_install

2018-05-06 Thread Scott Talbert 
About a month ago, Matthias removed easy_install from setuptools.  I have 
sent him a few mails and bugs asking about it, but I haven't heard 
anything back.  Anyone know why he did it?  I have a package that 
currently FTBFS because of it.  :(


python-setuptools (39.0.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Make the PKG-INFO output reproducible (Chris Lamb). Closes: #894215.
  * Stop shipping the easy_install scripts.

 -- Matthias Klose   Mon, 02 Apr 2018 11:46:01 +0200