[Distutils] Builders vs Installers

[Paul Moore]

On 25 March 2013 22:46, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Paul Moore <p.f.moore <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I imagine that pip will retain some form of the current "pip wheel"
>> capability that covers this requirement, but maybe as the overall
>> picture of the new design gets clarified, this role should be
>> captured.
>
> Strictly speaking I would have thought "pip wheel" was a builder function which
> is only in pip as a transitional step, to get wheels more exposure. Is that an
> incorrect assumption on my part?

If some other tool provides the same functionality, I can see the
possibility that pip will drop it (assuming that pip takes the route
of becoming a "pure installer"). But I can't imagine pip dropping that
functionality *until* some other tool is available which does the
equivalent.

Paul