Re: [matplotlib-devel] Adding optional setuptools to setup.py

[Gael V. <gae...@no...>]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 09:32:04AM -0800, Andrew Straw wrote:
> If we're going to use setuptools (actually already required for Python 
> 2.3), I think we need to do it completely and not optionally -- 
> otherwise users will start to depend on its features, which simply won't 
> be there in some cases. In particular, I suspect they will make use of 
> the dependency resolution mechanisms. As I suggested on the ipython-dev 
> list this will do what you want without requiring a change to setup.py:

> python -c "import setuptools; execfile('setup.py')" develop

OK, I'll settle for this.

Gaël