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d6614296
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Feb 18, 2017
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Jim Fulton
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fix Buildout capitalization
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@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ automated download and installation of Python packages *and their
dependencies
*.
Because
we
built
large
applications
,
this
was
something
we
'd wanted for some time and had even begun building a
package manager ourselves. Part of the rationale for creating a new
b
uildout version, beyond the initial prototype, was to take advantage of
B
uildout version, beyond the initial prototype, was to take advantage of
the additional automation that setuptools promised.
Initially, we tried to leverage the ``easy_install`` command
[#easy_install_module]_, but the goals of ``easy_install`` and
b
uildout were at odds. ``easy_install`` sought to make it easy for
B
uildout were at odds. ``easy_install`` sought to make it easy for
humans to install and upgrade packages manually, in an ad hoc manner.
While it installed dependencies, it didn'
t
upgrade
them
.
It
didn
't
provide ways of managing an installation as a whole. Buildout, on the
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@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Buildout uses eggs very differently
..
sidebar
::
Script
generation
When
b
uildout
generates
a
script
,
it
's usually generating a wrapper
When
B
uildout
generates
a
script
,
it
's usually generating a wrapper
script. Python package distributions define scripts in two ways,
via `entry points
<https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#automatic-script-creation>`_,
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@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ same way, using jars and class paths.
Buildout
uses
eggs
almost
exclusively
as
an
**
installation
**
format
[#
unzipped
]
_
,
in
a
way
that
leverages
eggs
' strengths. Eggs provide
b
uildout with the ability to efficiently control which dependencies a
B
uildout with the ability to efficiently control which dependencies a
script uses, providing repeatability and predictability.
.. [#ultimately-not-enough] Ultimately, we moved to a model where we
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