[Distutils] pip vs easy_install vs distutils2

P.J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Sun May 30 23:17:49 CEST 2010


At 09:12 PM 5/29/2010 +0200, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
> > For packages with complex build requirements or distutils extensions (e.g.
> > numpy), this is unlikely to happen any time soon.
> >
> > Conversely, for packages where this *is* the case, the current distutils is
> > adequate, and having a bootstrapper that can install them would be a win.
>
>I don't understand where the win is in this case.

That packages with complex build requirements will still work.  See above.



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