[Distutils] Library instability on PyPI and impact on OpenStack

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Mon Mar 4 16:59:18 CET 2013


On Mar 04, 2013, at 06:11 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

>My point of view is that the system Python is there primarily to run
>system utilities and user scripts, rather than arbitrary Python
>applications. Users can install alternate versions of software into
>their user site directories, or into virtual environments. Projects
>are, of course, also free to include part of their version number in
>the project name.

I have the same opinion, but it doesn't make developers very happy at all.

Cheers,
-Barry


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