[Distutils] [zc.buildout] bootstrap.py

Jim Fulton jim at zope.com
Wed Jul 16 15:48:32 CEST 2008


On Jul 15, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Chris Withers wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> From what I can see, bootstrap.py is there if you don't want either  
> setuptools or zc.buildout to end up in your site-packages.
>
> Am I right?

Yes.

> If so, where is it's use documented

This is a hole in the documentation. It is documented briefly in the  
"work on a package" section.


> and what's the "correct" way to get hold of bootstrap.py?


Many projects include it.  I get it using svn:

    svn cat svn://svn.zope.org/repos/main/zc.buildout/trunk/bootstrap/ 
bootstrap.py > bootstrap.py

Jim

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Jim Fulton
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