Python 3.0: setup.py install (tip: 2013-06-08)

Originally reported by: philip_thiem (Bitbucket: philip_thiem, GitHub: Unknown)

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On win32 x Python 3.0, "setup.py install" fails with;

#!python
Skipping implicit fixer: buffer
Skipping implicit fixer: idioms
Skipping implicit fixer: set_literal
Skipping implicit fixer: ws_comma
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 220, in <module>
    scripts = [],
  File "c:\python30\lib\distutils\core.py", line 135, in setup
    ok = dist.parse_command_line()
  File "C:\development\setuptools\build\src\setuptools\dist.py", line 273, in pa
rse_command_line
    result = _Distribution.parse_command_line(self)
  File "c:\python30\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 441, in parse_command_line
    if self.handle_display_options(option_order):
  File "C:\development\setuptools\build\src\setuptools\dist.py", line 713, in ha
ndle_display_options
    sys.stdout.detach(), 'utf-8', errors, newline, line_buffering)
AttributeError: 'TextIOWrapper' object has no attribute 'detach'

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/16

Original comment by jaraco (Bitbucket: jaraco, GitHub: jaraco):

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Does this issue only exist with Python 3.0 (but not 3.1+)? If so, I'd say the value in fixing is vanishingly small, as Python 3.0 was quickly replaced by 3.1 and saw minimal adoption.

Original comment by philip_thiem (Bitbucket: philip_thiem, GitHub: Unknown):

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Correct. I was installing (setup.pt install) tip on several versions in
prep for running some tests on a pip patch. Only saw this issue on 3.0.

Original comment by philip_thiem (Bitbucket: philip_thiem, GitHub: Unknown):

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I would not had bothered either, I seconded guessed myself when I noticed "Programming Language :: Python :: 3" and not "Programming Language :: Python :: 2" was in the setup.py

Original comment by jaraco (Bitbucket: jaraco, GitHub: jaraco):

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Thanks for the report. At the very least, it's good to have a record of the issue. Until we have users on Python 3.0 who need setuptools support, I'm marking this as won't fix.