phillip j eby moetelecommunitycom 1053 3172008 0500 guido van rossum wrote dont think play games scripts overridden whatever bootstrap script installed separate name im sure advantage bootstrap script python bootstrap_module though also makes explicit 1 pythonspecific tool 2 python version apply pep suggests package managers also benefit benefit bootstrap script installs setuptools package managers depend fact setuptools least pkg_resources original proposal include pkg_resources first place id also like avoid specific name easy_install thats brand name misleading one ask thats politics ok someone propose name api thing ill implement assuming proposed api sane reasonably implementable course _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 075401 0400 pythondev pep 365 adding pkg_resources module