[Distutils] The problem with Setuptools on Python 3.

[Paul Moore]

2009/4/20 Lennart Regebro <regebro at gmail.com>:
> I don't have a good solution to this, unless we can drop setuptools
> dependency on setuptools completely, and just use plain distutils for
> installing and testing setuptools. This will mean no more setuptools
> source eggs, but then I don't see the purpose of those, really.
> Arguments for not doing this and alternative solutions are highly
> welcome.

Personally, this type of circular dependency seems totally wrong. I'd
argue that making setuptools not depend on itself is the right thing
to do, unless someone can provide a compelling reason why it is
necessary (and such a reason would hopefully then provide more
concrete avenues for looking for other possible alternative
approaches).

Paul.