[Chicago] pyinstall

[Pete]

On Sep 24, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Jason Huggins wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Ian Bicking <ianb at colorstudy.com>  
> wrote:
>> I just announced a new installer I've been working on:
>> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyinstall (also the not-very-thorough  
>> docs)
>
> Awesome work, Ian!
>
>> From your docs:
> "Packages don't have to be installed as egg archives, they can be
> installed flat (while keeping the egg metadata)."

FYI, you can force setuptools to unzip using the --always-unzip  
option... right there in the --help

To make that permanent, plus lots of other great tips, see my talk:

"Using Setuptools: Your Head vs. The  Wall"

http://pfein.s3.amazonaws.com/s5-setuptools/s5-setuptools.html