[Python-Dev] setuptools in the stdlib

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 07:08 PM 4/18/2006 -0400, Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
>Saw that; hopefully I'll have a chance to look at it soon.  I wonder,
>generally, if it should be merged into the distutils documentation.  Those
>documents happen to be distutils-centric now, because that's what's been
>provided.  Their titles should be the guide to their content, however.

No doubt that's the proper thing to do in the long term, when/if setuptools 
is the official One Obvious Way To Do It.  I was wondering, however, if 
perhaps Python 2.5 should include them as "Building and Distributing Python 
Eggs" (for what's now setuptools.txt) and "Installing Python Eggs" (for 
what's now EasyInstall.txt).


>I've no doubt about that at all, FWIW.  I think you've put a lot of effort
>into discussing it with the community, and applaud you for that as well as
>your implementation efforts.

Thank you.