> 1. Are python-setuptools inputs or native-inputs? It seems to be done > both ways but I guess it doesn't really matter since it's an interpreted > language.
Usually native-inputs. The idea is you only need the native-inputs to compile and install the thing and then you can throw the native-inputs away. On the other hand, you need the inputs at runtime of the installed program. You usually don't need *setup*tools after it has setup whatever it was supposed to setup :)