At 04:47 PM 3/29/2009 -0500, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
Hi Phillip
One of the task here at Pycon, will consist of splitting pkg_resources.py in smaller bits, to start to see what we are going to put back into Distutils.
I think that the best approach is to work on setuptools directly. It also a benefit for setuptools. I am also considering working there on a few patches to make setuptools work with the current Distutils trunk.
Are you OK with this approach ?
Patches that change policies or refactoring should be on a separate branch. Patches that fix bugs and don't introduce new ones can go on the trunk, and hopefully that would include your 2.6-compatibility work. (It should also be understood that "Group X doesn't like the current behavior" doesn't qualify as a bug fix if changing it breaks behavior in use for Group Y", and when in doubt, either assume that Group Y exists, or ask me.)
If not, we'll probably start with a copy from the current trunk somewhere else on Python's subversion
For the breakup or any other significant refactoring or policy change, please start a new branch. I will take responsibility for porting to the trunk and 0.6 branch as appropriate.