[Distutils] Mutual recursion between setuptools and distutils with Python 2.7

[P.J. Eby]

At 12:08 AM 6/1/2009 +0200, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
>1/ what he wants to do on setuptools side to fix that problem

Just as a reminder, I've already stated I have absolutely no clue 
what to do about this, as I don't even really understand the 
problem.  I also don't see why it wouldn't be easier to fix on the 
distutils side, since it's the distutils that changed to create the 
problem in the first place.