[Pyrex] Re: ANN: Pyrex 0.9.4 - LValue Casts are Dead!

[Stefan Behnel]

Robert Kern wrote:
> Stefan Behnel wrote:
>> Andrew Straw wrote:
>>
>>> Stefan Behnel wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd also be happy if the following little patch was applied in the fixed
>>>> version to enable the use of setuptools in setup.py (for eggs and the like).
>>>>
>>> Doing it like you propose will make a lot of people upset -- just
>>> because they have ('were forced to have') setuptools installed doesn't
>>> mean they want to make .eggs out of everything.
>> [...]
>>
>>> Although I'm not one of them (quite the opposite), there are people who
>>> really dislike setuptools out there....
>> I know. Still, if you have it installed, you'd be annoyed if it wasn't
>> available if you wanted to use it. Just try
>>
>> python setup.py bdist_egg
>>
>> with the current version. That's all the patch enables. It doesn't do any harm
>> if you're not using eggs.
> 
> It does change "python setup.py install".
> 
> I have a script that imports setuptools and then execs the given setup.py.

A bit like "easy_install .", right?

Anyway, Greg, feel free to leave the patch out. Apparently, there is more
opposition (by those who use setuptools) than gain.

Related question: why is Pyrex not available via Cheeseshop?

Anyone for
python setup.py sdist bdist_egg register upload
when 0.9.4.1 comes out?

Stefan