[Python-Dev] [Distutils] Bootstrap script for package management tool in Python 2.7 (Was: Re: At least one package management tool for 2.7)

anatoly techtonik techtonik at gmail.com
Mon Mar 29 11:24:56 CEST 2010


2010/3/29 Lennart Regebro <regebro at gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 09:30, anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Therefore I still propose shipping bootstrap package that instruct
>> user how to download and install an actual package  management tool
>> when users tries to use it. So far I know only one stable tool -
>> `easy_install` - a part of `setuptools` package.
>
> We can't ship *A* bootstrap script until there is *A* package
> management tool in the Python world. Currently there are three. :)
>
> In short: The tools that exist are not ready yet.

Ok. How about shipping bootstrap script only for `easy_install` tool for now?

-- 
anatoly t.


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