martin v löwis qpnyslvloewisde dont see practical difference including setuptools including module installs setuptools would happy standard library including module whose sole function install package werent happy include directly standard library wouldnt personally actual code python im responsible dont deal bug reports dont help users feature users want get functionality anyway outofthebox consider useful compromise regards martin _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 070506 0500 pythondev distutils pep 365 adding pkg_resources module