[Distutils] How use Distutils for plugins ?

[Kevin Dangoor]

On 9/25/05, william at opensource4you.com <william at opensource4you.com> wrote:
> I've discovered the Distutils mailing list after my post to comp.lang.python
>
> http://groups.google.be/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/b66d6ea597df4dbf/da984e4f31a8f59f?hl=en#da984e4f31a8f59f
>
> Does any one have an idea how to use distutils to install sub-elements
> (f.e. plugins) of a main packages (already installed).

You probably want to use setuptools

http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools

Python Eggs let you break up a package into multiple subpackages,
specify dependencies, specify optional parts to install at
installation time, and even have a way to dynamically locate which
plugins satisfy which features.

Kevin

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