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ez_setup.py and distribute_setup.py
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ez_setup.py and distribute_setup.py

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/activestate/ez_setup
• Owner: ActiveState
• Created: 2010-11-23T00:11:58.000Z (over 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-09-23T18:33:23.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-26T00:27:30.848Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://code.activestate.com/pypm/ez_setup/
• Size: 98.6 KB
• Stars: 18
• Watchers: 51
• Forks: 25
• Open Issues: 6
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  • Readme: README.rst

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ez_setup

========

**Problem**: ``setup.py`` of several Python projects blindly import the

setuptools bootstrap module ``ez_setup.py`` without realizing that it is usually

not installed in the user's machine.

`This causes much trouble `_.

**Workaround**: Include ``ez_setup.py`` (and ``distribute_setup.py``) as an

installable Python package so users can do

``easy_install ez_setup troublesome_package`` as a workaround.

**Note**: The ``ez_setup.py`` file being distributed is simply a copy of

``distribute_setup.py`` from the `Distribute`_

project (a setuptools fork); this is

to remain compatible with several Python distributors opting to use Distribute

instead of Setuptools -- examples: Debian, ActiveState, and so on.

Credits

-------

- `Distribute`_

- `modern-package-template`_

.. _Distribute: http://code.activestate.com/pypm/distribute/

.. _`modern-package-template`: http://code.activestate.com/pypm/modern-package-template/