http://simonwillison.net/2009-08-19T11:38:48+00:00Simon Willison2009-08-19T11:38:48+00:002009-08-19T11:38:48+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Aug/19/easyinstall/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://blog.vrplumber.com/index.php?/archives/2370-easy_install-no-longer-working-with-SourceForge-hosted-projects.html">easy_install no longer working with SourceForge-hosted projects?</a></strong></p> Unsurprising, since installation software (which is often run as root) that crawls the web and scrapes HTML pages for download links is a horrible, horrible idea. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/easyinstall">easyinstall</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sourceforge">sourceforge</a></p>

2008-09-15T14:06:13+00:002008-09-15T14:06:13+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Sep/15/packaging/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/msg/5407cdb400157259">Kevin Teague explains the Python packaging ecosystem</a></strong></p> The distinction between setuptools, PyPI, distutils, eggs, easy_install, pkg_resources and zc.buildout used to make my head spin. Kevin Teague’s outstanding explanation made it all make sense. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/buildout">buildout</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/distutils">distutils</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/easyinstall">easyinstall</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/eggs">eggs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/kevin-teague">kevin-teague</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/pypi">pypi</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/setuptools">setuptools</a></p>