[Distutils] Distribute and zc.buildout + bootstraping file names + release/branches roadmap

[Tres Seaver]

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Tarek Ziadé wrote:

>>> the distribute egg. Last, the setuptools egg is faked and you wil
>>> notice that it's empty. This has to be done so zc.buildout and any
>>> software
>>> out there that has a hardcoded dependency on setuptools thinks it's
>>> present.
>> I think this is a bad idea. It can't be that hard to patch buildout to use
>> distribute instead of setuptools. Running s/setuptools/distribute should do
>> it...
> 
> but as I explained earlier, even if buildout uses distribute, you
> can't prevent an egg
> out there to have an install_requires with setuptools, leading to the
> mentionned problem
> (the install battle)

Why would an egg depending on setuptools cause setuptools to be
installed:  distribute's "PKG-INFO" will convince the system that
setuptools is already present?  Or are you defending the use of the
"faked" PKG-INFO (which seems like an absolute requirement to me)?



Tres.
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