[Distutils] waf can be used to compile Python extension modules

[Nick Coghlan]

On 23 March 2014 08:37, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> 1. Formally decouple the setup.py CLI from the distutils command system
>
> Agreed - it looks like a compatible CLI needs to be part of the transition
> to any new system (I assume that's what you meant).

Yeah - we have precedent there with distutils2, where they needed
d2to1 to allow it to be used with easy_install and pip, and I think
that model makes sense.

The main blockers at the moment are to get the setuptools CLI docs up
to date, and then to run through that and nominate what represents the
core functionality that can be expected from a reimplementation, and
what can be deemed setuptools specific.

Cheers,
Nick.

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