> I'm also against adding distlib-like functionality to the stdlib. At least atOn the question of whether distlib should or shouldn't be added to the stdlib,
> this point in time. We've seen the far reaching effects that adding a
> packaging lib directly to the stdlib can have. I don't want to see us repeat
> the mistakes of the past and add distlib into the stdlib. Maybe in time once
> the packaging world isn't evolving so rapidly and distlib has had a lot of
> real world use that can be an option. The benefit for me in the way the pip/
obviously that's for others to decide. [SNIP]