[Distutils] Deprecate MANIFEST.in

[Lennart Regebro]

2009/4/6 David Cournapeau <david at ar.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp>:
> To be consistent, it
> needs to be included in distutils, so when the VCS format changes, it
> breaks - you can't update it easily because it is in the stdlib.

Sure, if the plugin can't use a stable API then it should not be
included in the stdlib.

> And if the sources are not under a VCS, it breaks, again.

How does it break?

>  - Magic: it depends on the VCS. So if the same sources is under a
> different VCS, it may be different. How do you handle ignored files ? Etc...

How is this different from any non-VCS situation?

> Now, if on the contrary, you have a simple format, then you can always
> have your own tool to generate this format from the DVCS. Why should
> python be different from every other type of software ?

Can you explain what is different and when?

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