[Distutils] making eggs and debs live together peacefully

[Jeff Pitman]

On 1/19/06, Frédéric Gobry <frederic.gobry at epfl.ch> wrote:
> So, should I add some extra logic to the setup.py script (ie, try the
> dependencies myself) or is there a way to tell it "don't update the
> dependence if you can already import the module" in a convenient way?

The best way is going to convince deb packagers to include the egg
info so that setuptools can see that the package is in place. Each
package comes with its own meta-data.

I'm certain Fedora will be heading in this direction.

In the interim, it'll be kind of painful.

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-jeff