[Numpy-discussion] zip safe egg?

[Robert Kern]

Bryce Hendrix wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:
>> It is not zip-safe if you want to compile against the headers. That keyword 
>> can't be added to the setup() call in the trunk's setup.py because numpy cannot 
>> depend on setuptools, at the moment.
>>
> Adding the keyword does not break builds not using setuptools, the build 
> just prints a warning that its not a valid keyword. I just discovered 
> this is also an issue for scipy eggs when building with weave.

A warning is not really acceptable in the trunk, either. We've found that 
warnings during the build process tend to make people think that something went 
wrong.

> Perhaps the best solution is to complain to the setuptools list, I'm 
> just looking for a quick fix for now.

Patch setup.py in our build system, I would think.

What revision of numpy and what version of setuptools are you using? setuptools 
0.7a1 and numpy r3261 correctly recognizes numpy as not zip-safe.

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Robert Kern

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