[Distutils] entry points PEP

[Daniel Holth]

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Joe Gordon <joe.gordon0 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 1:42 PM, PJ Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Joe Gordon <joe.gordon0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > When I try importing pkg_resources in our development environment it is
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>> > slow:
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>> Use zc.buildout to install the application you're invoking, and then
>> it won't need to import pkg_resources.  (Unless the actual app uses
>> it.)
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> It looks like zc.buildout is not an option as we are already heavily
> invested in using  pip and virtualenv.
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Here's where the magic happens:

https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/src/9dc434ac0308749d564d721a19ee412c2e79754f/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py?at=default#cl-37

And:

https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/src/9dc434ac0308749d564d721a19ee412c2e79754f/setuptools/command/easy_install.py?at=default#cl-1840