Re: use of setuptools in SetupTools.py

On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 02:04:53PM -0400, Mike Bonnet wrote:
> I was curious about this comment in SetupTools.py
> 
> if 'CHEETAH_USE_SETUPTOOLS' in os.environ:
>     # @@TR: Please note that this is for testing purposes only!  PEAK setuptools
>     # is not required or recommended for installing Cheetah.  Downstream
>     # package managers (linux distros, etc.) should *not* enable this.
> 
> Several python frameworks (TurboGears for one) that use Cheetah require the egg-info metadata that setuptools generates, so we define CHEETAH_USE_SETUPTOOLS in the Fedora package for Cheetah.  I just wanted to verify that this is a supported installation method, and that future upgrades aren't likely to break it.
> 
> Thoughts?

In the next branch, what will become v2.2.2 I went ahead and removed
that cnoditional and have the try/except defaulted such that setup.py
will use setuptools if available, otherwise fall back to distutil (see:
b9bfe53).

The maintainer of the Debian Cheetah package also mentioned some bits to
me about setuptools off-list so I think it's safe to say that most Linux
package maintainers are fine with setuptools these days :)


Cheers
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