[Distutils] fix setup_requires by allowing it in setup.cfg or a setup_requires.txt

[Daniel Holth]

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Marcus Smith <qwcode at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm of course hoping that someone uses the feature to do a
>> setup.py-command-line-interface-compatible distutils replacement
>> (rather than a distutils extension) like what Bento does with its
>> pip-compatible setup.py replacement.
>
>
> ah, I see.  interesting.
> I admit my initial reaction to "quack like a setup.py" alternative build
> systems is that it sounds invasive and sneaky, and I want it to be explicit
> and overt,  like it will be in metadata 2.X.
> but on the other hand,  I hear you about wanting to see alternatives have
> some way to get off the ground now.

There's a bit of a chicken-egg problem obviously.

For the moment I am more interested in just giving people a usable
setup_requires.