guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg seems misunderstanding proposing instead boostrap installer powerful enough allow used install real package manager like setuptools maybe use django example confusing didnt actually mean possible support installing django directly although dont understand issure would make impossible people would care writing setup script works bootstrap module basically package manager implementers guido tue mar 18 2008 345 pm stephen j turnbull wrote guido van rossum writes hoping someone create simpler bootstrap module fwiw ive never tried implement one things agree phillip possible sense advocating anything simpler simply invitation unending stream issues far adopting eggs best current practice would better say installer stdlib im sure pep even needed simply dont understand participated bolting features systems mess features added existing users demand old packages install exactly ever except sometimes always want upgraded put things newly blessed places features easy add since main thread control installers basically sequence single commands sometimes optional pythondev pretty good controls help slow trends nonetheless pepless development installer system scary installer complexity creeping horror worse kudzu1 footnotes 1 httpenwikipediaorgwikikudzuinvasive_species guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 084139 0500 pythondev pep 365 adding pkg_resources module