[Distutils] Packaging situation + mailing list rules

[David Cournapeau]

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 12:44 AM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

> I know the reasons for that decision, and I probably would have done the same

Shall I understand that the hijacking of setuptools by distribute
(instead of merely forking it under a new name, which I don't care
about) is sanctioned by python-dev ?

If so, it should be written somewhere, and justified, because it
impacts people who don't even use the software.

David