[Distutils] Distribute 0.6 released

[Chris Withers]

Tarek Ziadé wrote:
>>  File ".../setup.py", line 20, in <module>
>>    from distribute import setup, find_packages
>> ImportError: No module named distribute
> 
> The 0.6 version of Distribute does not contain any "distribute"
> package. It contains a "setuptools" packages.

Ah yes, I remember now...

> Now, as Jim said last month, the best way would be to change zc.buildout
> so it uses any one of them (setuptools or distribute), by beaing able
> to configure this dependency
> instead of having it harcoded in the code.

This just seems like extra work for no reason...

> Now for the next version of distribute (0.7) the current default
> branch, it's another story :
> everything is being renamed so Distribute doesn't compete anymor with Setuptools
> namespace.

I predict uptake of this version will be even slower than that of 0.6, 
which seems pretty slow... It's just such a shame PJE is so stubborn 
about doing a usable release of setuptools...

Chris

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