[Distutils] easy_install not choosing source package on pypi

[Tom Miller]

Hello,

I'm trying to install GoogleCL using easy_install on a Mac. Here's what I
see:

$ easy_install googlecl
Searching for googlecl
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/googlecl/
Reading http://code.google.com/p/googlecl
Best match: googlecl 0.9.11-win32
Downloading http://googlecl.googlecode.com/files/googlecl-0.9.11-win32.zip
Processing googlecl-0.9.11-win32.zip
error: Couldn't find a setup script in
/var/folders/++/++3tbk++6+0++4RjPqRgNE+-SNw/-Tmp-/easy_install-3Y5tAg/googlecl-0.9.11-win32.zip

There's a source package on pypi that apparently gets skipped over:
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/googlecl/0.9.11

plus the Download URL field is filled in with a link directly to the correct
file. Instead, easy_install grabs the first download listed in the project
home's download links, which happens to be a .zip with an executable for
Windows users.

What's going on here? Is there a way to indicate the correct file, or does
the package description need to be updated?

Thanks,
 - Tom
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