Note any significant distinctions between distutils and setuptools

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Note any significant distinctions between distutils and setuptools

Opened this issue 8 years ago · 9 comments

Aloha,

"you’ll need to supply include_package_data=True to the setup() function."

/usr/local/lib/python3.4/distutils/dist.py:260: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'include_package_data'
warnings.warn(msg)

It seems that (at least with python3) this option is no longer available.

Answer 1 · 2016-09-07T15:57:05.000Z

This works if your setup.py uses the setup function from setuptools, not distutils. Are the instructions clear on that point?

Answer 2 · 2016-09-07T16:33:55.000Z

Ah, thanks for the hint. Imho the instructions are not clear on that point (especially if you just look at adding non-code files page).

Answer 3 · 2016-09-07T18:42:24.000Z

Thanks for the heads up. I'll clarify this point and investigate the circumstances under which one might end up with setuptools vs ``distutils` on a given platform.

Answer 4 · 2016-09-07T18:44:59.000Z

Thanks for your help and time guys.

Answer 5 · 2016-09-07T18:45:54.000Z

I'm going to leave this ticket open until I have a chance to update that.

Answer 6 · 2016-09-07T18:47:38.000Z

That is, of course, your prerogative.

Answer 7 · 2016-09-07T20:33:35.000Z

So if you want to mention any significant distinction, then let me mention also that: /usr/local/lib/python3.4/distutils/dist.py:260: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'install_requires'
warnings.warn(msg)

Answer 8 · 2016-09-07T21:23:14.000Z

Good to know, thanks. I'm actually leaning towards advising "don't use distutils at all, here's how to use setuptools..."

Answer 9 · 2016-09-10T03:29:07.000Z

Well after having that warnings I tend to agree with you. But be sure to mention it on every side, since when you search stuff you don't always start reading at the frontpage.