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authorJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2013-08-17 10:44:18 -0400
committerJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2013-08-17 10:44:18 -0400
commit2473aa6da27cb95c1582aee1bb188f76e0deb258 (patch)
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parent3eb3c69afbe1d2ebbc98943a896ccbfc913113c1 (diff)
downloadpython-setuptools-git-2473aa6da27cb95c1582aee1bb188f76e0deb258.tar.gz
Changed the launcher relevant environment variable to SETUPTOOLS_LAUNCHER and it now accepts different strings 'natural' and 'executable', instead of only reflecting a boolean value.
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<https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pylauncher>`_ (included with Python 3.3) to
launch console and GUI scripts and not install its own launcher
executables. This experimental functionality is currently only enabled if
- the ``SETUPTOOLS_USE_PYLAUNCHER`` environment variable is set (to anything).
+ the ``SETUPTOOLS_LAUNCHER`` environment variable is set to "natural".
In the future, this behavior may become default, but only after it has
- matured and seen substantial adoption.
+ matured and seen substantial adoption. The ``SETUPTOOLS_LAUNCHER`` also
+ accepts "executable" to force the default behavior of creating launcher
+ executables.
* Issue #63: Bootstrap script (ez_setup.py) now prefers Powershell, curl, or
wget for retrieving the Setuptools tarball for improved security of the
install. The script will still fall back to a simple ``urlopen`` on