[Distutils] moving things forward (was: wheel including files it shouldn't)

[Nick Coghlan]

On 5 May 2016 at 22:36, Daniel Holth <dholth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Pedantic note
>
> setup_requires is a setuptools parameter used to install packages after
> setup() is called. Even though very many people expect or want those
> packages to be installed before setup.py executes. I think it is reasonable
> to call the new feature setup_requires but some prefer to eliminate
> uncertainty by calling it bootstrap_requires.

The main advantage of a new feature name is that when someone searches
the internet for "python bootstrap_requires", they won't find a
decade+ worth of inapplicable documentation of the setuptools feature
:)

Cheers,
Nick.

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