[Distutils] [issue24] Rename easy_install

Phillip J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Sun Jun 15 05:26:06 CEST 2008


At 11:51 AM 6/15/2008 +1200, Greg Ewing wrote:
>My objection to the name "easy_install" is that is sounds
>like a piece of marketing propaganda.

What do you mean, "sounds like"?  It *is* marketing propaganda.  And 
it worked very well, I might add.  ;-)

(On a side note, I find it tremendously amusing that this particular 
bike shed seems to be attracting the *most* attention, out of all the 
things that need to be fixed, improved, or replaced altogether.)



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