13 Nov
2009
13 Nov
'09
12:16 a.m.
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:08 AM, David Cournapeau <cournape@gmail.com> wrote: [..]
$ python setup.py --prefix=foo cmd1 cmd1 etc
and the result would be in Distribution.options = {'path1': xxx, 'path2': xx}
This is a major change in distutils behavior, so we need to solve the following issues: - every user will have to change how to call distutils - what happens if people still use python setup.py install --option1=foo instead of python setup.py --prefix=option1 install
A deprecation warning would be added in install, if it finds a local option, rather than a global. Meaning both would work in 2.7/3.2. That would give them 18 to 24 months * 2 to go with the new style. Tarek