[Distutils] Time for a setuptools_lite??

[Wayne Werner]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:32 PM, David Cournapeau <cournape at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Ronny Pfannschmidt <
> opensource at ronnypfannschmidt.de> wrote:
>
>> why does that have to be in setuptools ?!
>>
>> if we want a new light system to begin with, shouldn't it be far more
>> sustainable to use just implementations of the new standards rather than
>> leaving all of setuptools
>>
>> there is no viable way in setuptools to get rid of the legacy ina sane
>> and fast manner, it would drag out over years
>>
>
> agreed. I have never met a person who had to deal substantially with
> distutils code and enjoyed the experience.
>
> The whole architecture is fundamentally flawed. I wrote this a long time
> ago, but I still stand by most arguments:
> https://cournape.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/python-packaging-a-few-observations-cabal-for-a-solution/
>

I've (luckily?) never had to deal with distutils code... I am definitely
digging the post. First time I've read it, but I am definitely more
pro-standard-interface-and-let-tools-do-with-it-what-they-will than I was a
few minutes ago.

Would pip's freeze format work a la the cabal file, or is it missing too
much information?

-Wayne
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