[Distutils] [buildout] RFC: buildout support for distribute

[Hanno Schlichting]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> wrote:
> I plan to add explicit buildout support for distribute.  Here's a
> sketch. Basically it boils down to satisfying requirements for
> setuptools with distribute whenever distribute is in buildout's
> working set.  So, when installing a package that requires setuptools,
> it will convert that requirement to a requirement for distribute.
> There will be 2 separate bootstrap scripts, one that uses distribute
> and one that uses setuptools.  There will also be a buildout
> configuration option that will allow a buildout configuration author
> to fix which is used.  Probably:
>
> use-distribute = true
>
> This will only serve as a check that the right bootstrap was used.

Sounds good. Tarek already implemented the separate bootstrap file
including the requirements conversion. This is currently done via
monkey-patches of buildout, which could be avoided if this finds its
way into buildout itself.

Hanno