[Distutils] Setuptools 4.0 and 4.0.1 superseded by 3.8.1

[Donald Stufft]

A 5.0 has been released which resolves this.

On Jun 14, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> wrote:

> In article <20140614145331.GA1251 at yuggoth.org>,
> Jeremy Stanley <fungi at yuggoth.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-06-14 14:25:02 +0000 (+0000), Jason R. Coombs wrote:
>> [...]
>>> I’ve removed all versions of Setuptools 4.x and closed that
>>> branch. [...] Please use Setuptools 3.8.1 or later.
>> [...]
>> 
>> Are most of the PyPI mirror tools out there smart enough to remove
>> packages which have been deleted from PyPI? People who are running
>> their own mirrors should probably check and take action as needed.
>> (I know I'm going to need to either delete copies from our CI
>> mirror, or more likely blacklist 4.x in all our requirements files
>> since I can't know the state of anyone else's mirrors.)
> 
> It's not just PyPI.  Third-party distributors have already pushed 4.x 
> out into the wild, for example, MacPorts.  It's not practical to make 
> the whole world revert once that happens.  If it's a serious enough 
> regression, I suggest you release a 4.x+ that is really a 3.8.x.
> 
> -- 
> Ned Deily,
> nad at acm.org
> 
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