[Distutils] easy_install deprecated?

[Randy Syring]

Others may have a more informed opinion, but the only reason I know of 
to use easy_install is if you are depending on packages that ship 
compiled eggs for Windows.  pip doesn't install eggs and many Windows 
machines do not have developer tools setup.

If your package doesn't ship C extensions as eggs for Windows (and it 
probably shouldn't, use a wheel instead), just recommending pip is 
better IMO.

*Randy Syring*
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On 06/18/2015 09:17 AM, Thomas Güttler wrote:
> Some packages have docs like this:
>
> {{{
> Installation
> ==========
>
> easy_install foo
>
> or
>
> pip install foo
> }}}
>
> Maybe I am too new in the python packaging world, but
> for my eyes calling easy_install looks deprecated.
>
> My goal is to make the python world more friendly for newcomers.
>
> Are there still reason to use easy_install and not pip?
>
> I would like to make the docs more readable and remove
> the word "or" from them. Things should be straight forward
> for newcomers and experts know how to help themselves.
>
> What do you think?
>
> For people loving details: this mail checks if there is a general 
> consensus. It does not
> matter which packages I refer to.
>
> Regards,
>   Thomas Güttler
>
>
>

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