[Python-Dev] "setuptools has divided the Python community"

[Guido van Rossum]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:31 AM, P.J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:
> Please note that entry points are not coupled to easy_install.  They have a
> documented file format and API that's *distributed* with setuptools, but is
> not dependent on it and does not require .egg files, either.  There's
> nothing stopping an independent implementation in the stdlib, ala PEP 376's
> metadata API, which is designed to be backward compatible with setuptools.
>  It could be extended to support entry points as well.

Well, sorry, but this complex layered interdependent architecture is
one of the *causes* of confusion -- apart from you nobody knows what
is what exactly, and the names are often used "incorrectly". BTW this
also makes it hard to find downloadable versions of these tools if you
don't already know the magic Google query (and I happen to get that
wrong each time I want to learn about these).

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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)