[IronPython] ipy.exe ez_setup.py failed

[Jeff Hardy]

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Matthew Wilson <matt at tplus1.com> wrote:
> Should I rewrite the code not to use setuptools or is it possible to use
> setuptools with IronPython?

Some parts of setuptools will work, and some parts won't. It's been a
while since I looked into it, so I can't remember exatly what doesn't
work. I do know, however, that ez_setup.py doesn't work correctly.

If you install setuptools manually - download a tarball and drop it
into a folder on sys.path - you should be able to run your setup.py
and see if still breaks..

Long term, though, I think you're going to want to get away from
setuptools - it hasn't been maintained in a while, and there's work
afoot to add a good chunk of it's features to distutils in the
satndard library to ensure long term maintenance.

- Jeff