[Distutils] Python people want CPAN and how the latter came about

[Tarek Ziadé]

2009/12/24  <exarkun at twistedmatrix.com>:
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> Release packages for Twisted are constructed using some extra file- finding
> logic that sdist doesn't provide.  Additionally, for years distutils was
> seen as a blind alley, so we didn't bother to try to create a
> distutils-friendly substitute.  Partially because it seems that distutils
> has turned a corner over the last year, we are actually (slowly, with
> difficulty) working towards a more distutils-integrated solution (we're
> going to try to override sdist with a command based on our existing custom
> file-finding code).  This may result in something we can use with "setup.py
> upload" (but this isn't currently the primary goal, it would just be a happy
> side effect).

That's quite a good news. Let me know if I can help somehow in that process.
In any case I am interested in the problems you've had with sdist in
order to improve it.

Wether this happens in Distutils or in Distribute if it's too late for 2.7

Tarek