[OODT-799] OODT's "Agility" component relies on local Python to have setuptools and ships with outdated "distribute"

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.7, 0.8
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.1
• Component/s: agility

Environment

Any Python with only distutils

• Skill Level: Committer (Medium) - This is for regular contributors/committers
• Assignee: Sean Kelly
• Reporter: Sean Kelly
• Created: 19/Dec/14 20:07
• Updated: 29/Jan/15 06:40
• Resolved: 23/Dec/14 12:29

Description

The "setup.py" was written ages ago back when I wasn't too clear on Python packaging. And worse, it has a distribute_setup.py, which was merged back in with setuptools over a year ago.

As a result, only those users with a properly configured Python can actually run the Agility unit tests.

We can do better:

1. Use ez_setup instead of distribute_setup
2. Ensure setuptools gets imported correctly in setup.py