agoragames/pyevent — Issue #1: setup.py raises string exception
Author: blalor
Created: 2011-12-11 01:16:55+00:00
State: open

When unable to find libevent, string exception is raised. The details of the exception are lost via `pip` and `easy_install`.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 45, in
raise "couldn't find libevent installation or build directory"
TypeError: exceptions must be old-style classes or derived from BaseException, not str