drop easy_install script and associated documentation

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 54 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
index 545c3c44..9d350ac0 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ warnings.filterwarnings("default", category=pkg_resources.PEP440Warning)
 
 __all__ = [
     'samefile', 'easy_install', 'PthDistributions', 'extract_wininst_cfg',
-    'main', 'get_exe_prefixes',
+    'get_exe_prefixes',
 ]
 
 
@@ -2283,59 +2283,6 @@ def current_umask():
     return tmp
 
 
-def bootstrap():
-    # This function is called when setuptools*.egg is run using /bin/sh
-    import setuptools
-
-    argv0 = os.path.dirname(setuptools.__path__[0])
-    sys.argv[0] = argv0
-    sys.argv.append(argv0)
-    main()
-
-
-def main(argv=None, **kw):
-    from setuptools import setup
-    from setuptools.dist import Distribution
-
-    class DistributionWithoutHelpCommands(Distribution):
-        common_usage = ""
-
-        def _show_help(self, *args, **kw):
-            with _patch_usage():
-                Distribution._show_help(self, *args, **kw)
-
-    if argv is None:
-        argv = sys.argv[1:]
-
-    with _patch_usage():
-        setup(
-            script_args=['-q', 'easy_install', '-v'] + argv,
-            script_name=sys.argv[0] or 'easy_install',
-            distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands,
-            **kw
-        )
-
-
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def _patch_usage():
-    import distutils.core
-    USAGE = textwrap.dedent("""
-        usage: %(script)s [options] requirement_or_url ...
-           or: %(script)s --help
-        """).lstrip()
-
-    def gen_usage(script_name):
-        return USAGE % dict(
-            script=os.path.basename(script_name),
-        )
-
-    saved = distutils.core.gen_usage
-    distutils.core.gen_usage = gen_usage
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        distutils.core.gen_usage = saved
-
 class EasyInstallDeprecationWarning(SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning):
     """Class for warning about deprecations in EasyInstall in SetupTools. Not ignored by default, unlike DeprecationWarning."""