[Zope-dev] trying out the buildout-based Zope 2.12...

[Dieter Maurer]

Jim Fulton wrote at 2009-3-29 12:02 -0400:
> ...
>2. Backtracking is more practical in buildout than with easy_install.   
>easy_install (not sure about pip) does conflict detection/resolution  
>at run time, whereas buildout does it at build time. Slow conflict  
>resolution is a lot more practical when you don't do it every time you  
>start a script.

Are you sure?

I think "setuptools" usually only searches for distributions during
installation time.
Runtime distribution searching is restricted to the "require" call
and relevant only for multi version eggs.

-- 
Dieter