[Distutils] Script processing plugins?

[Jim Fulton]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> Okay, so after today's discussions I'm still not really clear on how 
> path freezing (baking, whatever) should work for standalone setuptools.  
> Would it solve the problem for your use cases if I provided an option 
> like "--script-wrappers=plugin1,plugin2,...", where the plugin names are 
> entry points that would get a chance to modify the contents of generated 
> scripts?  That way, you guys could experiment freely with your 
> script-wrapping strategies without having to monkeypatch.  And any tools 
> that you build which wrap easy_install can simply add the necessary 
> setting(s) to an appropriate .cfg file.

That might be nice at some point.  For now, I think it best if I do
some prototyping sans monkeypatching.  Hopefully, I'll get back to you soon.
I started the discussion today mainly to get caught up, as I haven't had time
to work on this for a while.

Jim

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