[Zope-Coders] Heads up - setup.py

[Shane Hathaway]

Matt Behrens wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 09:43:49AM -0400, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
> 
>>I think you're suggesting moving setup.py to <zope>/lib/python then 
>>creating a small setup.py in <zope> that helps the user a little.  That 
>>would be good IMHO.  The setup.py in <zope> might be a simple wrapper 
>>around setup.py in <zope>/lib/python, with the exception that when you 
>>invoke it with the single argument "install", it tells you that an 
>>install location is required.
> 
> 
> Why not just give the root setup.py that capability?  We're already
> overridden parts of distutils to support data file installs...

Well, if you don't mind the extra "impurity", that's a good way to go. :-)

Shane