[Distutils] a plea for backward-compatibility / smooth transitions

[PJ Eby]

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Donald Stufft <donald at stufft.io> wrote:
> Heh, I'm pretty good at getting yelled at :)

Nick is also pretty good at making people feel like he both knows and
*cares* about their breakage, and isn't just dismissing their concerns
as trivial or unimportant.  Breakage isn't trivial or unimportant to
the person who's yelling, so this is an important
community-maintenance skill.  It builds trust, and reduces the total
amount of yelling.