[Distutils] making setup less chatty by default
Michael Hudson
mwh@python.net
Mon Jan 21 08:56:01 2002
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> >>>>> "MH" == Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net> writes:
>
> MH> "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com> writes:
> >> Just to clarify: I don't have objections as to clean up the
> >> distutils self.verbose interface. Indeed, I would prefer to have
> >> clearly defined verbosity levels to choose from, e.g.
>
> MH> Me too. I'll even write the code, so long as noone's in too
> MH> much of a hurry.
>
> By tea time should be just fine <wink>.
I'm sure there's an appropriate Douglas Adams' quote that could go
here, but I can't think of one off the top of my head.
> Seriously, though, we've got plenty of time before 2.3, and I've got
> my monkey patch to keep me (and distutils) quiet for now. When might
> you get to it?
Hard to say. I have an increasingly large pile of paper next to me as
I print out the distutils sources for offline digestion. Couple of
weeks? A month?
Cheers,
M.
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