[Distutils] Distribute and zc.buildout + bootstraping file names + release/branches roadmap

[Chris Withers]

Jim Fulton wrote:
> If distribute is truly a setuptools clone, I suppose that the project
> name to use could be configurable in buildout.  This would take some
> work, but probably not that much.  That seems cleaner and less brittle
> than hacking installed setuptools distributions.

This seems like more work than it needs to be.

Jim, what would it take to convince you to just switch buildout to using 
distribute over setuptools in the next buildout release?

cheers,

Chris

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