Bug 8201

Summary: Migrate from python-distribute to python-setuptools
Product: [Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core Reporter: Khem Raj <raj.khem>
Component: coreAssignee: Alejandro Hernandez <alejandro.hernandez>
Status: VERIFIED FIXED QA Contact: Bogdan Alexandru Voiculescu <bogdanx.a.voiculescu>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Medium CC: bogdanx.a.voiculescu, meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher, sgw
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: 2.1   
Hardware: All   
OS: Multiple   
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto: --- Type of Regression: ---
Verified: Documentation change: Yes (doc changes required)

Description Khem Raj 2015-08-24 06:14:35 UTC 
python-distribute and python-setuptools have merged so we need to account for this in coming releases see

http://omerkatz.com/blog/2013/6/20/distribute-is-now-merged-back-to-setuptools
https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/merge-faq.html

distribute 0.7.3 should just be a virtual for Setuptools 0.7+

latest on setuptools

https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/


for changes see

https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/history.html
Comment 2 Bogdan Alexandru Voiculescu 2016-03-14 10:26:51 UTC 
Verified on master c9d269ccd0d8e61335904a60ef5ce960993cba94