text_combined: phillip j eby moetelecommunitycom 0834 pm 3202008 0000 paul moore wrote went say putting dependency information setupexe expecting users use automatic dependency resolution encourages developers omit dependency details documentation extent cant quantify believe nonzero lack documentation forces rely automatic process thing removes choice easy_installs ability skip dependency checking ah fair enough get pypi display information fix problem people starting omit distributing bdist_wininst installers favour eggs mean theyre shipping win32egg exe knowledge convert egg bdist_wininst installer moment seems like ought possible though since reverse translation done eggs restrictive include reverse step actually ought relatively easy indeed would think could done standalone tool without even using setuptools really needs happen believe zipfile directory needs names prepended purelib platlib add appropriate prefix exe bdist_wininst extra data front restructured zip file fact probably possible write tool subclassing distutils bdist_wininst command overriding run get_inidata methods using existing create_exe method part magic tool would handy would one unpacks eggs standard distutilsstyle installation personally im thrilled number complaints thread could resolved rtfming honestly im trying help improve measure improvement certainly setuptools ive done much homework feel appropriate havent studied whole manual way treated fault havent done enough discouraging honest somewhat offensive comment wasnt aimed specifically youre one many people today appeared state something wasnt possible documented described optional behavior required etc addressing every one point point looks petty lumping together like makes look like im picking specifically sorry event im saying anyone hasnt done enough fault fact im thrilled things said thread doesnt somehow magically invalidate peoples frustrations intent accuse anyone making problems im expressing frustration _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 134013 0400 pythondev pep 365 adding pkg_resources module