[Python-ideas] Make a CPAN like system for Py3K

[Adam Atlas]

If I remember correctly, setuptools is to be included starting  
already with Python 2.6.


On 30 May 2007, at 21.20, Leonardo Santagada wrote:
> I know about cheeseshop and I know about setuptools. But how about
> all this be standard tools on python 3.0, so we can have something
> like CPAN but better. With setuptools being default on py3k you can
> already easy_install everything, ok but then we can do even more.
> When the user run a python script, if it requires a version of a lib
> that he doesn't have it could download it and install in his home
> folder (something in the lines of ~/pythonlibs). This will make it
> much easier to distribute python programs. I think this is somewhat
> like what java webstart does. What do you guys think? Also why no one
> is talking about having a tool like setuptools in the stdlib?