[IPython-dev] easy_install ipython==dev

[Robert Kern]

Fernando Perez wrote:
> Hi Ville,
> 
> Ville Vainio wrote:
> 
>>Damn, it of course runs setup.py instead of eggsetup.py, which results
>>in broken ipython scripts. Gotta explore it further, I think we need
>>to roll setup and eggsetup into one script to make this work.

Andrew Straw suggested an approach for matplotlib that I like.

import sys
if 'setuptools' in sys.modules:
    kwds = {'entry_points': {...}}
else:
    kwds = {}

setup(name='ipython',
      ...
      **kwds
     )

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