Oh, one last thing (a few actually): - How does 'entry_points' work with wheels? - Do we need an extra wheel for windows just to get the wrappers right? - Can we generate a windows wheel from *nix, or do we need a windows box?
Cheers, Florian On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 10:24:09 PM UTC+1, Florian Apolloner wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 8:24:49 PM UTC+1, Remram wrote: >> >> December 4 12:43, Florian Apolloner >>> >>> To my understanding of >>> https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/develop/pip/req.py#L633 pip will use >>> setuptools for installing -- so why do you need setuptools in Django itself? >>> >> The point here is to use options that distutils doesn't offer, like >> entry_points, if they are available. >> > > Ah, I assumed that the workaround you mentioned would be setuptools just > wrapping everything in 'scripts' -- didn't know that you'll have to use > 'entry_points' then. > > >> Also (refering to your first post), why is associating stuff with .py >>> files a bad idea? >>> >> I personally have .py files associated with my text editor. Defaulting >> them to the system-wide Python 2.7 might do the correct thing in some >> cases... >> > > Oh, that makes sense I guess :) > > Associating .py files with Python is not enough -- only binaries are >> searched for in the PATH when typing a path-less command name (.com, .exe, >> .bat and a few others). >> > > Okay, that's just horrible! > > Which downsides does using 'entry_points' have for a *nix based system? > I'd rather not support disutils and setuptools; this just calls out for > pain. My last worry (probably needlessly) is that we might run into issues > with one of the hundred setuptools versions out there; all together there > is distribute, old setuptools, new setuptools and whatever distris like > debian packaged currently -- I don't think most users upgrade setuptools > that often, so are there any issues to be expected with stoneold > setuptools? [Granted, that's not really our problem, but if we know of some > issues we could warn the users] > > Cheers, > Florian > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/f3195fb1-1505-41ce-b34a-0cf147f33e1f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
