[Distutils] PEP439 and backward compat / easy_install / distlib

[Tres Seaver]

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On 03/26/2013 05:28 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote:
> 
> On 25 Mar, 2013, at 19:16, PJ Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Also, as far as detecting the need for setuptools, I think that can
>> be done just by noticing whether the PKG-INFO included in an sdist
>> is metadata 2.0 or not.  If it is, then setuptools should be
>> explicitly declared as a build-time dependency, otherwise it's not
>> needed.  If it's an older metadata version, then you probably need
>> setuptools.
> 
> Is it even necessary to automaticly install setuptools?
> Setuptools-using package are supposed to use  ez_setup.py, or
> distribute_setup.py for distribute, to ensure that the setuptools
> package is available during setup.

No, they are not.  That usage was for bootstrapping in an era when
setuptools was not widely presetn.  Most packages have *removed* those
files today.


Tres.
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