Re: [matplotlib-devel] setup scripts

2007-07-16 Thread Edin Salkovic
On 7/16/07, Andrew Straw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It looks like Edin made setuptools required in svn, which I just > reverted. Edin -- why? I'm a fan of setuptools, but I don't think we > should require a prerequisite that isn't necessary. Of course, if the > developers decide we want to requir

Re: [matplotlib-devel] setup scripts

2007-07-16 Thread Andrew Straw
It looks like Edin made setuptools required in svn, which I just reverted. Edin -- why? I'm a fan of setuptools, but I don't think we should require a prerequisite that isn't necessary. Of course, if the developers decide we want to require setuptools, I'm happy to support the change, but it should

Re: [matplotlib-devel] setup scripts

2007-07-16 Thread Michael Droettboom
As a stopgap measure until someone with more knowledge of these changes replies, the following worked for me. In setup.py, uncomment the old distutils import, and comment the new setuptools import: #from distutils.core import Extension, setup from setuptools import setup to from distutils.cor