[Ironpython-users] Fwd: [Bitbucket] Issue #177: IronPython fails with obsure error message. (pypa/setuptools)

[Vernon D. Cole]

IronPython can now use setuptools with more confidence.  One more step in
the general usefulness and acceptance of this implementation.

  I encourage members of the IronPython community to let a development team
know when IronPython has a problem with their product.  Very often, as in
this case, there will be a very positive response.  Note that they did not
use my patch -- they made a better one.  Thanks are in order.


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From: Jason R. Coombs <issues-reply at bitbucket.org>
Date: Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Bitbucket] Issue #177: IronPython fails with obsure error
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To: vernondcole at gmail.com


      [image: jaraco]  *Jason R. Coombs* commented on issue #177:  IronPython
fails with obsure error
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I've taken the suggestion to "fail gracefully" a step further and decided
instead to allow the install to proceed in environments where a call stack
is not available, issuing a warning instead.

I believe this approach is suitable as (a) bdist_* commands are less
frequently run and certainly less relied upon for the basic usage
(installing setuptools), (b) a warning is issued in the case where this
behavior might be problemmatic.

The value in allowing setuptools to install on IronPython outweighs any
issue this might raise running bdist_* commands on other non-CPython
environments.
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