[Distutils] [issue24] Rename easy_install
James William Pye
python at jwp.name
Fri Jun 13 18:17:07 CEST 2008
> On Jun 13, 2008, at 4:59 AM, Armin Ronacher wrote:
>>
>> Currently the egg installation script is called "easy_install". I
>> would propose
>> to rename it to something like "pyegg" or something similar.
>> Mainly because
>> "easy_install" is a very generic name and doesn't include anything
>> related with
>> python in the name which causes confusion.
>>
>> Additionally if easy_install gets an uninstallation feature the
>> name is wrong too.
>
> -0 from me.
>
> While your reasons are good ones, Armin, it is too late to rename
> easy_install.
+1 for a rename. Of course, start throwing a deprecation warning
before removing
the command entirely. :(
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