On 20/03/2008, Phillip J. Eby
Actually, this information is VERY helpful. It makes it blindingly obvious to me now that the difference between loving and hating setuptools is whether you're *intentionally* using it, or whether it shows up in your ecosystem uninvited.
Exactly. I never thought to express that, but it precisely explains my situation as well.
Hm. So it seems to me that maybe one thing that would help is a "Setuptools Haters' Guide To Setuptools" -- that is, *short* documentation specifically written for people who don't want to use setuptools and want to minimize its impact on their systems. I could probably write something like that fairly easily, now that I have some idea of what to go in it, more than, "the existing documentation sucks". :)
Can I count on some non-assimilated persons' help in critiquing such a document and suggesting any topics I miss?
I would do so. (From a Windows user's perspective). Paul.