[Distutils] easy_install deprecated?

2015-06-18 Thread Thomas Güttler
Some packages have docs like this: {{{ Installation == easy_install foo or pip install foo }}} Maybe I am too new in the python packaging world, but for my eyes calling easy_install looks deprecated. My goal is to make the python world more friendly for newcomers. Are there still

Re: [Distutils] easy_install deprecated?

2015-06-18 Thread Randy Syring
Others may have a more informed opinion, but the only reason I know of to use easy_install is if you are depending on packages that ship compiled eggs for Windows. pip doesn't install eggs and many Windows machines do not have developer tools setup. If your package doesn't ship C extensions

Re: [Distutils] easy_install deprecated?

2015-06-18 Thread Wes Turner
On Jun 18, 2015 8:17 AM, Thomas Güttler guettl...@thomas-guettler.de wrote: Some packages have docs like this: {{{ Installation == easy_install foo or pip install foo }}} Maybe I am too new in the python packaging world, but for my eyes calling easy_install looks