Re: [Distutils] Two ways to download python packages - I prefer one

Entry points are separate from the build and install systems bundled with setuptools. Usually when we talk about replacing or deprecating setuptools we mean first the install part, then the build part. Entry points are fine. The core reason we want to use pip to install (including for development

Re: [Distutils] Two ways to download python packages - I prefer one

On 2 May 2016 at 19:25, Thomas Güttler wrote: > > > Am 02.05.2016 um 09:14 schrieb Noah Kantrowitz: >> >> The correct way to do that these days is `pip install -e .` AFAIK. >> Setuptools should be considered an implementation detail of installs at >> best, not really

Re: [Distutils] Two ways to download python packages - I prefer one

Am 02.05.2016 um 09:14 schrieb Noah Kantrowitz: The correct way to do that these days is `pip install -e .` AFAIK. Setuptools should be considered an implementation detail of installs at best, not really used directly anymore (though entry points are still used by some projects, so this

Re: [Distutils] Two ways to download python packages - I prefer one

Hypothetically, the alternative is to break non-application entrypoints (the ones NOT used for console scripts or gui applications) into some other infrastructure. The people that use entrypoints for their plugin systems might be given a build system agnostic option if that were the case.

Re: [Distutils] Two ways to download python packages - I prefer one

You make it sound like there's a plausible alternative to setuptools entry points -- is there? 02.05.2016, 10:14, Noah Kantrowitz kirjoitti: The correct way to do that these days is `pip install -e .` AFAIK. Setuptools should be considered an implementation detail of installs at best, not

Re: [Distutils] Two ways to download python packages - I prefer one

The correct way to do that these days is `pip install -e .` AFAIK. Setuptools should be considered an implementation detail of installs at best, not really used directly anymore (though entry points are still used by some projects, so this isn't really a strict dichotomy). --Noah > On May 2,

[Distutils] Two ways to download python packages - I prefer one

I was told this: > `python setup.py develop` uses urllib2 to download distributions whereas pip uses requests Souce: http://stackoverflow.com/a/36958874/633961 This can create confusing situations and I want to avoid this. Is there a way to use only **one** way to install python packages?