[Distutils] Announcing the 'Distribute' project

Kent Tenney ktenney at gmail.com
Thu Jul 16 17:55:52 CEST 2009


On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Lennart Regebro<regebro at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/7/16 Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek at gmail.com>:
>> So here's my suggestion:
>> I'll keep the "distribute" name unless someone comes up with a better
>> name here before the first release,
>> followed by more than 4 : "+1".
>
> So I'll add my +1 for setuptools2.
>
> Yes, it's an unauthorized fork, but it is very much a part of the
> setuptools project, and it's aimed to be the successor to setuptools.
> The fork is created out of pure necessity, not the wish of stepping on
> anybody, and it's done because we love and need setuptools.
> Setuptools2 is the obvious name, and the name that causes the least
> confusion.
>
> That said, it's bikeshedding, and I honestly don't care what it's
> called.

I thought a good name was considered important.

> It can be called Zup2lsNG

-1

:-]


> for all I care, as long as it works.
> :)
>
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