[Distutils] setuptools vs distribute on Debian

[Barry Warsaw]

On Nov 18, 2010, at 05:23 PM, Manlio Perillo wrote:

>I usually build Python packages by myself (and often I use virtualenv),

FWIW, virtualenv on Debian has a --setuptools option (and
$VIRTUALENV_USE_SETUPTOOLS environment variable) to force the virtual
environment to use setuptools instead of the default distribute.  In fact, the
standard virtualenv --distribute option is basically a no-op.

-Barry
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