Opened 17 years ago
Closed 17 years ago
#3699 closed (wontfix)
setup.py develop no longer works
| Reported by: | Owned by: | Adrian Holovaty | |
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| Component: | Tools | Version: | dev |
| Severity: | Keywords: | install | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Unreviewed | |
| Has patch: | no | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
There is a two-step way for installing the development version of an application on windows using setuptools:
- Download the svn version of django using the svn client of your choice (svn, tortoisesvn)
- Run
python setup.py developon the application. This correctly installs all scripts and links to the files.
Last time I installed django on windows this worked (about 6 months ago). I tried it again today and it doesn't, which means I have to do a bunch of really awkward manoeuvres, some of which are detailed on the install page, to get it to work with my setup. It seems that [3906] took it back to distutils, which I feel is a step backwards for everybody.
Any chance of having, at least, a conditional import of setuptools' own setup?
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We took the decision to use the standard distutils method after experiencing quite a few problems with setuptools (including ever-changing download links and the like). It was not worth the maintenance hassle at this point in the development of setuptools.