[Python-Dev] PEP 376

[Nick Coghlan]

Kevin Teague wrote:
> Uninstall as a command feels a little weird. Since "python setup.py
> [some-command]" implies that the setup.py contains information about the
> distribution that the command is being applied to. So instead of:
> 
> $ python setup.py uninstall some_package
> 
> It could just be:
> 
> $ python setup.py uninstall

I was actually thinking of something more along the lines of:

  python -m distutils uninstall <whatever>

(Older Pythons won't reliably let you execute a package like that, but
3.1+ and 2.7+ let you do it by including a __main__ module in the package)

However, having uninstall as a command supported by setup.py also makes
a certain amount of sense.

Cheers,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
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