[Zope-Coders] Heads up - setup.py

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "SH" == Shane Hathaway <shane@zope.com> writes:

  SH> I'm still a little concerned that people will use setup.py the
  SH> normal way (without reading docs) and make a bit of a mess:

  SH> python setup.py build
  SH> python setup.py install

  SH> This will install dozens of packages in site-packages.  Doesn't
  SH> that concern you, too?  Maybe it's just me.

It gives me the willies, too.

Maybe the script shouldn't be called setup.py, since it isn't really
intended to be used like a regular setup.py.  Call it make.py and
provide a Makefile that invokes it.  Then users can just type "make".

Jeremy