[Distutils] Deprecating little used file types/extensions on PyPI?

[Robert Collins]

On 22 Aug 2016 4:18 AM, "Nick Coghlan" <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> Once we have a universal default, unilaterally changing that default
> gets easier, rather than harder - the main precedent being set here is
> that we *don't want* the default format to be platform dependent, we
> want there to be just one default.

Sorry for the separate reply, phone typing.

Monocultures are less flexible, so I'm assuming once we have Just One
format that bit rot in tooling will creep in and it will be harder and
harder to change, not easier.

-Rob
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