[Distutils] Experience of setuptools' cache design

[zooko]

On Jan 18, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Jim Fulton wrote:

> I couldn't agree more. And, AFAICT, everyone I know, except Phillip,
> agrees that this is a bad feature.

For what it is worth, this is one of (several) blockers preventing  
Twisted from using setuptools:

http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/2308#comment:6

(Note: I am not a Twisted devel, and even if the issue described in  
ticket #230, comment:6 were solved, there are probably still a lot of  
other reasons why the Twisted devels wouldn't use setuptools.

Regards,

Zooko