[Distutils] setup_requires for dev environments

[Robert Collins]

On 17 March 2015 at 15:36, Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net> wrote:
...
> So, the propsed plan going forward:
>  - now:
>    - I will put a minimal patch up for pip into the tracker and ask
> for feedback here and there

Feedback solicited!  https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2603

The week delay was refactoring the guts of prepare_files to make the
patch small. Note too that the patch is probably got code in the wrong
place etc - but its small enough to reason about :).

>    - we can debate at that point whether bits of it should be in
> setuptools or not etc etc
>    - likewise we can debate the use of a temporary environment or
> install into the target environment at that point
>  - future
>    - in the metabuild thing that is planned long term, handling this
> particular option will be placed w/in the setuptools plugin for it,
> making this not something that needs to be a 'standard'.

-Rob

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