alexander michael grppnpjigmailcom wed mar 19 2008 615 pm jeff rush wrote frankly id like see setuptools exploded parts general use folded back standard library creation set nonimplementationspecific documents distribution formats behavior leaving small core one implementation door open others compete implementation hazard opinion seconding sentiment use setuptools definitely feels like wants three mostly independent projects 1 project standardizes concept embodied eggs provides basic machinery work find introspect metadata import etc install per se generally useful common plugin framework nothing else currently runtime support functionality pkg_resources 2 tool use build eggs install per se currently setuptools extension distutils 3 tool installing eggs equivalent optionally dependencies optionally using remote hosts well uninstalling currently easy_install well except uninstalling understandable quite difficult finally fourth already separate project pypi 4 hosted repository publicly available eggs equivalent export metadata required resolve dependencies relatively cheeply breaking apart make easier two separate projects building eggs equivalents one based distutils replacing even importantly make possible multiple installers developed scratch particular itches hopefully one would eventually emerge defacto standard ultimately decided community adoption alex _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 101411 0400 pythondev distutils capsule summary packagingdeployment technology concerns