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

[Steve Holden]

skip at pobox.com wrote:
>     Barry> In fact, I think it /has/ to.  I'll go further and say that I'm
>     Barry> very wary of using easy_install and the like to install
>     Barry> non-distro provided packages into the system Python.  
> 
> Give that man a ceegar.  The pyjamas author seems to have a different
> opinion about installing stuff into /usr without working with the system's
> packaging mechanism:
> 
>     http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue63
> 
> I don't understand how that can possibly be manageable.
> 
Note that the issue contains a broken link.

regards
 Steve
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