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

[Tres Seaver]

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Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Mar 25, 2009, at 6:06 PM, Tennessee Leeuwenburg wrote:
> 
>> For case one, where I want to install additional functionality into my
>> system Python interpreter "forever", it would be great to have my
>> system
>> manage this.
> 
> In fact, I think it /has/ to.  I'll go further and say that I'm very
> wary of using easy_install and the like to install non-distro provided
> packages into the system Python.  Many Linux distros require a
> functioning system Python to operate and the distros (should) take
> great care to make sure that if you install package X for application
> Y, you won't break essential system service Z.  Once you start
> installing your own stuff in the system Python's site-packages, you
> break the warranty.

Exactly:  I never use easy_isntall to put packages into the system
python.  in fact, I only use it inside a virtalenv-generated isolated
environment.


Tres.
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