[Python-Dev] Distutils2 scripts (original) (raw)

Dirkjan Ochtman dirkjan at ochtman.nl
Fri Oct 8 14:15:39 CEST 2010

2010/10/8 Fred Drake <fdrake at acm.org>:

Georg:

What happened to "python setup.py action"?  Or is this a step towards not requiring setup.py at all? I'm in favor of add a top-level setup module that can be invoked using "python -m setup ...".  There will be three cases: - d2 projects without a setup.py, where this will invoke the module from  the standard library, - d2 projects with a setup.py, where the local setup.py will be invoked,  and - d1 projects, which always have a setup.py, which will be invoked. This would provide the most consistent story for package users, where the only command they'll need to remember (for Python versions with the setup module) will be  python -m setup ...

That seems like a fairly elegant solution.

Cheers,

Dirkjan

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