[Distutils] Two ways to download python packages - I prefer one

[Alex Grönholm]

You make it sound like there's a plausible alternative to setuptools 
entry points -- is there?

02.05.2016, 10:14, Noah Kantrowitz kirjoitti:
> The correct way to do that these days is `pip install -e .` AFAIK. Setuptools should be considered an implementation detail of installs at best, not really used directly anymore (though entry points are still used by some projects, so this isn't really a strict dichotomy).
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> --Noah
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>> On May 2, 2016, at 12:03 AM, Thomas Güttler <guettliml at thomas-guettler.de> wrote:
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>> I was told this:
>>
>>> `python setup.py develop` uses urllib2 to download distributions whereas pip uses requests
>> Souce: http://stackoverflow.com/a/36958874/633961
>>
>> This can create confusing situations and I want to avoid this.
>>
>> Is there a way to use only **one** way to install python packages?
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>> Do wheels help here?
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>> Or is there a way to use npm for python packages?
>>
>> Regards,
>>   Thomas Güttler
>>
>> --
>> Thomas Guettler http://www.thomas-guettler.de/
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