setup.py does not fallback to using distutils.core import setup

[allanhaywood]

In all of the setup.py scripts I have used before, the import for setup is like this:

try:
from setuptools import setup
except ImportError:
from distutils.core import setup

Which allows it to fall back to distutils.core if setuptools is not available.

Is there a reason that this is missing from this projects setup.py?

Thanks.

[ncoghlan]

Only the fact that setup.py bdist_wheel only works with setuptools, and that was the original motivation for moving away from plain distutils.

I'd accept a PR to add the fallback, as the setup call itself doesn't rely on any setuptools features, so it should be enough to get setup.py install working again under plain distutils.

[allanhaywood]

Thanks. I submitted a PR, let me know if there is anything additional needed on my end.