Re: [Python-Dev] Status of packaging in 3.3

Dag Sverre Seljebotn <d.s.seljebotn <at> astro.uio.no> writes:

Of course you can always do anything, as numpy.distutils is a living proof of. Question is if it is good design. Can I be confident that the hooks are well-designed for my purposes?

Only you can look at the design to determine that.

And of course, propagating compilation options/configuration, and auto-detecting configuration options, is one of the most important parts of a complex build. Thus this seem to contradict what you say above.

I'm not talking about those needs being invalid; just that distutils' way of fulfilling those needs is too fragile - else, why do you need things like Bento? Regards, Vinay Sajip