[Pythonmac-SIG] Appscript and Snow Leopard and setuptools...

[Bill Janssen]

has <hengist.podd at virgin.net> wrote:

> On 13 Sep 2009, at 18:52, Bill Janssen wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible to disentangle appscript from setuptools?  I just
> > downloaded the sources to my Snow Leopard machine, did
> >
> > python setup.py build
> > python setup.py install
> >
> > which went just fine.  But then I did
> >
> > % python
> >>>> import appscript
> >
> > and got this big stack trace because a ~/.python-eggs subdirectory
> > wasn't accessible.  That shouldn't happen, and I'd like to remove
> > any dependence on setuptools and eggs, if possible.
> 
> 
> 
> You can install appscript from source using plain old distutils; the
> setup.py script will use setuptools if it's available and distutils if
> not. Though if there are problems with setuptools then I'd suggest
> filing bug reports on that as well.

I'd like to suggest an option to use distutils even if setuptools is
available.

Filing bug reports on setuptools seems like a losing proposition; I'd
have to understand how it works first.  How about *you* file the bug
reports there?  You're the one using it.

Bill