Re: py-setuptools as a DEPENDS?

[Adam <adam%netbsd.org@localhost>]

>> I think that's a risky idea that will cause fallout that will take too
>> long to find. we regularly get missing python dependencies because
>> someone has the python package installed already, and it's only visible
>> when running the package.
>> 
>> someone building from source will have setuptools already, which will
>> make things even harder to notice.
>> 
>> Please only do this if you can have a way to search for those packages
>> programatically.
> 
> Having seen Joerg's comments and this, I'm now in the camp of thinking
> the proposed change has a bigger expected value of trouble compared to
> the benefit.

No. The benefit would be great. You won't have to recompile all Python modules for every py-setuptools update.
But the change has to be done properly.
I will try to figure out how to find if a package needs setuptools at runtime.

Cheers,
Adam