[reportlab-users] easy_install reportlab

[Bill Janssen]

Andy Robinson <andy at reportlab.com> wrote:


> 2009/12/10 Marius Gedminas <marius at gedmin.as>:

> > You may want to skip setuptools and try Distribute -- it's a setuptools

> > fork, with additional bug fixes and Python 3 support, which seems to be

> > gearing up to replace setuptools.  It's backwards-compatible with

> > setuptools, and it's more actively maintained.


Or, better yet, just skip setuptools and Distribute, and just use distutils,
the thing that actually comes with all Python distros.


> Aaarrrggghhhhh!   There's now THREE ways to do it.


Exactly.


> My "manager's answer" is that nothing will change for our 2.4 release.

>  If Guido blesses Distribute in the future or something goes into

> Python 3, then we might reconsider.   We use plain old distutils, but

> try to play nicely with easy_install.


Sounds like a plan.

Bill