[Distutils] recommended setuptools version

[Jason R. Coombs]

To follow up, 3.1 has been released and the 3.0.x releases have been restored.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Distutils-SIG [mailto:distutils-sig-
> bounces+jaraco=jaraco.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Marius Gedminas
> Sent: Friday, 07 March, 2014 08:15
> To: distutils-sig at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Distutils] recommended setuptools version
> 
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 02:02:59AM -0800, Benedek Zoltan wrote:
> > I'm a bit confused with the setuptools versioning.
> > When I install it by ez_setup.py it installs the 3.0.2 version, but on pypi the
> latest version is 2.2.
> >
> > Is there a difference between the two? Which is the recommended one?
> 
> 3.0 was released last night, broke a bunch of popular software, and was
> hurriedly pulled from PyPI.
> 
> The current version of ez_setup.py available at
> https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py
> also installs 2.2.
> 
> I suggest you stick with 2.2 until the dust settles.
> 
> Marius Gedminas
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