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| From | Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Please don't use "setuptools", the "rotten .egg" install system. |
| Date | 2012-01-21 00:50 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <9nugavFr37U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <4f170e46$0$1659$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> |
In order to build and run Mercurial on Linux, I needed Python with docutils. I've just installed Python from source and later setuptools. As a non-Pythonista, my impression has been that the procedure of installing setuptools and then using them is quite straightforward, but it's not advertised enough to newcomers.
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Please don't use "setuptools", the "rotten .egg" install system. John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> - 2012-01-18 10:24 -0800
Re: Please don't use "setuptools", the "rotten .egg" install system. Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-18 12:26 -0800
Re: Please don't use "setuptools", the "rotten .egg" install system. Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2012-01-19 09:56 +0100
Re: Please don't use "setuptools", the "rotten .egg" install system. John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> - 2012-01-19 09:05 -0800
Re: Please don't use "setuptools", the "rotten .egg" install system. Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-01-19 17:21 +0000
Re: Please don't use "setuptools", the "rotten .egg" install system. Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-01-20 09:20 -0700
Re: Please don't use "setuptools", the "rotten .egg" install system. Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2012-01-22 10:38 +0100
Re: Please don't use "setuptools", the "rotten .egg" install system. Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com> - 2012-01-21 00:50 +0000
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