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Re: Removal of easy_install

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On Mon, 7 May 2018, Ben Finney wrote:

>> About a month ago, Matthias removed easy_install from setuptools.  I
>> have sent him a few mails and bugs asking about it, but I haven't
>> heard anything back.  Anyone know why he did it?  I have a package
>> that currently FTBFS because of it.  :(
>
> Why does a source package *build* need to use ‘easy_install’? The source
> package should not need any network access to build, all the source
> should be in Debian source packages that are fetched before the build
> begins.
>
> Which package is the one that's failing to build now?

I guess I should have included that information.  :)

The source package in question is wxpython4.0.  The reason I use 
easy_install is for installing the python2 version of the module as an 
egg.  The reason I do this is because wxpython3.0 occupies the 'namespace' 
for the wx module for python2.  In other words, both wxpython3.0 and 
wxpython4.0 have a 'wx' module for python2.  In order to avoid a conflict, 
I install the wxpython4.0 version as an egg.  The wxpython3.0 and 
wxpython4.0 modules are not drop-in compatible, so an update-alternatives 
solution doesn't make sense.

Scott

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Removal of easy_install Scott Talbert <swt@techie.net> - 2018-05-07 03:50 +0200
  Re: Removal of easy_install Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2018-05-07 04:30 +0200
    Re: Removal of easy_install Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> - 2018-05-07 14:30 +0200
    Re: Removal of easy_install Scott Talbert <swt@techie.net> - 2018-05-07 16:00 +0200
      Re: Removal of easy_install Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2018-05-08 02:00 +0200
        Re: Removal of easy_install Scott Talbert <swt@techie.net> - 2018-05-08 02:50 +0200
          Re: Removal of easy_install Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2018-05-08 03:50 +0200
  Re: Removal of easy_install Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2018-05-09 12:40 +0200

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