[Distutils] Distribute error? datetimewidget.pot: File name too long

Tarek Ziadé ziade.tarek at gmail.com
Mon Sep 27 12:16:14 CEST 2010


2010/9/27 Jon Hadley <me at jon-hadley.com>:
> On 27 Sep 2010, at 00:18, P.J. Eby wrote:
>> Here's how to fix the problem
>
> Your suggested fix worked great, thanks for the explanation.
>
> This implies, I assume, that the 'bug' Tarek found is in how setuptools/distribute deals with a mistake in my package, as opposed to a full blown bug causing my original error.

Well the recursive call is a side-effect of your (mis)configuration. I
am pretty sure we can avoid this and raise an error that is less
cryptic, but I am not sure how to properly do it yet.

Tarek


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