[Distutils] "setup.py needs to go away" (was [PEP 376] - Open questions on python-dev)

[Eric Smith]

P.J. Eby wrote:
> At 06:04 PM 7/9/2009 +0900, David Cournapeau wrote:
>> I too would like to see this kind of system, and have been thinking
>> quite a bit about it. Looks like I am not the only one.
> 
> For reference, here are some previous posts on this topic, suggesting 
> some requirements and approaches:
> 
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2008-October/010288.html
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2008-October/010343.html

That's a great thread, thanks. I'm currently slogging through it.

It looks like it was winding up just as I joined distutils-sig. Had I 
seen it earlier, I'd have spent less time writing confusing emails recently!

Eric.