[Distutils] a package with is a module

[Donald Stufft]

> On Oct 28, 2014, at 2:20 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> 
> On 10/27/2014 08:26 AM, Paul Moore wrote:
>> On 27 October 2014 15:07, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>>> Paul Moore also declaimed:
>>>> Alternatively, you could distribute all 3 files [...]
>>> 
>>> The problem I have with this method is that the last time I tried it
>>> setup.py attempted to pre-compile all the files, resulting in syntax errors,
>>> which makes for a lousy user experience.
>> 
>> Yeah, it's harmless but ugly. I've seen that issue myself.
> 
> For the record, I thought setting PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE from inside the setup.py script:
> 
>  os.environ['PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE'] = True
> 
> might do the trick, but
> 
>  - it isn't available on 2.5
>  - it doesn't work on 2.6 (didn't test on 2.7 nor 3.x)
> 
> Oh well.  Guess I'll include a note that says, "Ignore any syntax errors during 'setup.py install', they're harmless."
> 
> :(
> 
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I think the next version of pip might hide this unless an error in install actually occurs. I could be wrong though.

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