[Distutils] Alternate static metadata PEP submission...

David Cournapeau david at ar.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Sat Oct 31 07:04:28 CET 2009


Chris Withers wrote:
> I think "python setup.py install" is so idiomatic that it seems silly
> to break it for the sake of two lines of python. There's also an
> element of "explicit is better than implicit" in the feel of actually
> running setup.py... 


Besides the already given arguments, getting away of the current
distutils commands/subcommands and their imperative nature is a big
advantage by itself.

David


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