There are several gaps in my Python knowledge, one of which is the what exactly setuptools does and how it works.
I'm on a shared host so can't write to site-packages therefore most setup.py's fail. My strategy for pure python packages is to run setup.py locally and copy anything that gets put in site-packages across to the shared host somewhere in my Python path. I'm sure there is a better solution! What's the best approach for situations when you can't tamper with the Python install? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
