Re: use of setuptools in SetupTools.py

On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 01:42:01PM -0700, Tavis Rudd wrote:
> Tyler,
> I'd like to maintain some way to turn off the use of setup tools, other  
> than removing it from the PYTHONPATH.  Perhaps an env var  
> 'CHEETAH_INSTALL_WITHOUT_SETUPTOOLS'?

I'm fine with this, but what scenarios are you alluding to with regards
to not using setuptools despite it's presence?


> Tavis
>
> On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, R. Tyler Ballance wrote:
>
>> 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
>> --
>> -R. Tyler Ballance
>> Slide, Inc.
>>

-- 
-R. Tyler Ballance
Slide, Inc.

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