Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : python-ez-setup Version : 0.1.dev Upstream Author : Sridhar Ratnakumar <git...@srid.name> * URL : https://github.com/ActiveState/ez_setup/ * License : ZPF ( see https://github.com/ActiveState/ez_setup/blob/master/setup.py ) Programming Lang: Python Description : easy ez_setup.py and distribute_setup.py for python
Problem: setup.py of several Python projects blindly import the setuptools bootstrap module ez_setup.py without realizing that it is usually not installed in the user's machine. This causes much trouble. Workaround: Include ez_setup.py (and distribute_setup.py) as an installable Python package so users can do easy_install ez_setup troublesome_package as a workaround. Note: The ez_setup.py file being distributed is simply a copy of distribute_setup.py from the Distribute project (a setuptools fork); this is to remain compatible with several Python distributors opting to use Distribute instead of Setuptools -- examples: **Debian**, ActiveState, and so on.
