1 Jun
2009
1 Jun
'09
2:37 p.m.
Tarek Ziadé
If I fork setuptools to fix those problem, I will have to release it under another name, and ask people to change their setup.py file.
Obviously I'm playing devil's advocate a bit, but a distribution doesn't have to be named "setuptools" to provide a Python package named "setuptools" ;)
I think the solution is that Phillip bless someone that have time to spend on it, to work on fixing those problems in setuptools.
It seems to be the issue here: PJE accepting to delegate maintenance to another person or group of people. This would be a reasonable attitude. Otherwise someone *will* have to fork it eventually... There's no third alternative, too many people are relying on it right now. Regards Antoine.