phillip j eby moetelecommunitycom 0848 3172008 0500 guido van rossum wrote sun mar 16 2008 706 pm phillip j eby wrote consensus would better module bootstrap installs purepython eggs pypi im totally fine lets avoid protracted discussion merits eggs pkg_resources setuptools well might replaced protracted discussion module work api perhaps would better one original proposal previous thread module named easy_install simply downloads setuptools delegates real easy_install way people simply use python easy_install without worrying whether setuptools installed yet iirc package management tools zcbuildout workingenv installed using easy_install objections revise pep _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 074424 0400 pythondev pep 365 adding pkg_resources module