pythonscriptingbuildout

How to add a script to a buildout project?

I have setup.py in a buildout project:

from distutils.core import setup
setup(name='',
  version='1.0',
  author='Denis Kolodin',
  author_email='...',
  url='...',
  scripts = ['scripts/myscript.py'], # The script I want to add to 'bin/' dir
)

Why buildout don't add that script to 'bin/'? Can I develop scripts (not eggs) with buildout?

My buildout.cfg:

[buildout]
develop = .
parts = python scripts

[python]
recipe = zc.recipe.egg
interpreter = python
eggs = marketwizard > 0.2.0
       jinja2

[scripts]
recipe = z3c.recipe.scripts
Solution

  • At the moment, this is a buildout limitation: it does not understand the "script=" from your setup.py. It does understand the "console_scripts=" so-called "entry point" from setuptools. Google for it or look at an existing project that has it.

    I've got a fix for buildout to make it support "scripts=", but that hasn't been accepted for inclusion yet.