Remove setuptools from requirements list. Fixes #283

CHANGES.txt

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
   same time.  Specifying a log filename of ``syslog`` is still supported
   but deprecated.  Patch by Jason R. Coombs.
 
+- Removed ``setuptools`` from the ``requires`` list in ``setup.py`` because
+  it caused installation issues on some systems.
+
 3.0 (2013-07-30)
 ----------------
 

setup.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 4) or sys.version_info[0] > 2:
     sys.stderr.write(msg)
     sys.exit(1)
 
-requires = ['setuptools', 'meld3 >= 0.6.5']
+requires = ['meld3 >= 0.6.5']
 
 if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 5):
     # for meld3 (it's a distutils package)