Made ``develop`` command accept all the same options as ``easy_install``,

and use the ``easy_install`` command's configuration settings as defaults.

--HG--
branch : setuptools
extra : convert_revision : svn%3A6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771/sandbox/trunk/setuptools%4041394

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools.txt b/setuptools.txt
index ceb7eb31..41a2499c 100755
--- a/setuptools.txt
+++ b/setuptools.txt
@@ -1376,13 +1376,13 @@ rerunning ``develop``, but keep in mind that even minor changes to the setup
 script (e.g. changing an entry point definition) require you to re-run the
 ``develop`` or ``test`` commands to keep the distribution updated.
 
-Here are the options that the ``develop`` command accepts.  Note that they
-affect the project's dependencies as well as the project itself, so if you have
-dependencies that need to be installed and you use ``--exclude-scripts`` (for
-example), the dependencies' scripts will not be installed either!  For this
-reason, you may want to use EasyInstall to install the project's dependencies
-before using the ``develop`` command, if you need finer control over the
-installation options for dependencies.
+Here are some of the options that the ``develop`` command accepts.  Note that
+they affect the project's dependencies as well as the project itself, so if you
+have dependencies that need to be installed and you use ``--exclude-scripts``
+(for example), the dependencies' scripts will not be installed either!  For
+this reason, you may want to use EasyInstall to install the project's
+dependencies before using the ``develop`` command, if you need finer control
+over the installation options for dependencies.
 
 ``--uninstall, -u``
     Un-deploy the current project.  You may use the ``--install-dir`` or ``-d``
@@ -1442,6 +1442,12 @@ installation options for dependencies.
     a requirement can be met using a distribution that is already available in
     a directory on ``sys.path``, it will not be copied to the staging area.
 
+In addition to the above options, the ``develop`` command also accepts all of
+the same options accepted by ``easy_install``.  If you've configured any
+``easy_install`` settings in your ``setup.cfg`` (or other distutils config
+files), the ``develop`` command will use them as defaults, unless you override
+them in a ``[develop]`` section or on the command line.
+
 
 .. _egg_info:
 
@@ -1942,6 +1948,9 @@ Release Notes/Change History
  * Fixed some problems building extensions when Pyrex was installed, especially
    with Python 2.4 and/or packages using SWIG.
 
+ * Made ``develop`` command accept all the same options as ``easy_install``,
+   and use the ``easy_install`` command's configuration settings as defaults.
+
 0.6a5
  * Fixed missing gui/cli .exe files in distribution.  Fixed bugs in tests.