On Jul 12, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Daniel Holth <dholth <at> gmail.com> writes:
Getting rid of an executable build script is no longer a goal. Builds inherently need that often. But we don't want people extending distutils against their will.
Perhaps I should have been clearer - I meant "executable setup.py install", and as I understand it, it is a goal to get rid of that.
Yes it's a goal to get rid of setup.py install, but I doubt it will ever fully be gone. At least not for a long time. There's almost 150k source dist packages on PyPI and I'm going to assume the vast bulk of them have a setup.py.
Regarding "executable setup.py build", that's less of an issue than for installing, but IIUC, it is still not ideal. Many of the hacks that people have made around distutils/setuptools relate to building, not just installing, or am I wrong?
It's not ideal, but it's also largely only an issue on the machine of the developer who is packaging the software. If they are fine with the hacks then there's not a major reason to move them away from that.
Regards,
Vinay Sajip
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