[Distutils] Deprecate MANIFEST.in

[David Cournapeau]

Lennart Regebro wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 06:04, David Cournapeau
> <david at ar.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp> wrote:
>   
>> It does if the underlying implementation is not shared correctly between
>> all the tools.
>>     
>
> Since we are discussing what the underlying implementation to be
> shared by all tools should be, that's a rather pointless comment.
>
>   
>> Now, how can I use the distribution files produced by setuptools/paver
>> in another tool. If there is no way to share this data reliably, that's
>> a misfeature. That's why a common, underlying low level thing which can
>> be merged reliably by different tools is needed.
>>     
>
> Your are fighting windmills.
>   

Ok. Looks like you feel insulted for some reasons to keep insulting me
back. Since I can't make my point clearly, and nobody in this discussion
seems to care anyway, I will leave the discussion.

cheers,

David