[Distutils] Metadata files, dist-info/egg-info and migration paths

[Paul Moore]

On 4 March 2013 23:17, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> I agree with Daniel here - I don't see any point in writing to .egg-info, and if
> people can't use distribute, they'll have to wait for setuptools to get
> compatibility. Presumably, the only reason for not using distribute would be
> that there's some bug in it which is not in setuptools, and if it's important
> enough, surely people will contribute the fix, or if they can't, stick with the
> status quo?

That;'s generally my view. I'm looking at changing virtualenv to
install the default packages (setuptools/distribute and pip) from
wheels. In doing that, pip's console script entry points will only
work if distribute is used, so in effect this means making virtualenv
always use distribute. This certainly won't be for a while yet, but I
want to be sure it's not going to enrage a horde of dedicated
setuptools users...

Paul.