[Distutils] comparison of configuration languages

[Brett Cannon]

On Sat, May 7, 2016, 15:47 Donald Stufft <donald at stufft.io> wrote:

>
> > On May 7, 2016, at 5:05 PM, Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Either we are defining the long term thing now, in which case that
> > huge pile of complexity lands on us, and we have to get everything
> > right.
> >
> > Or we are defining a thing which solves the present bug, and as long
> > as we make sure it does not bind us in future, we're not hamstrung.
> >
> > E.g. use setup.cfg now. Add pybuild.toml later. (btw, terrible name,
> > as pybuild is a thing in the debian space, and this will confuse the
> > heck out of folk). https://wiki.debian.org/Python/Pybuild
>
> I think this is roughly true, we could either do the simplest thing and
> just
> add ``setup_requires`` to ``setup.cfg`` and teach pip how to understand
> them
> and then worry about a new format later, or we can do a new format now and
> add
> a bit of complexity to what we need to specify (though I don't think _too_
> much
> complexity, we don't have to define the build system stuff now, just make
> sure
> we don't back ourselves into a corner with that).
>
> I think either answer is OK, just the second one is a bit more work and we
> might either get the start of a better format _now_ or end up regretting
> what
> we pick when we add more things to it.
>

For both options I hear "pick a new format", which suggests we might as
well do it from the get-go for clear separation of the new stuff and just
bite the bullet instead of simply postponing a decision; it isn't like our
format options are going to significantly change between now and later in
the year.

-Brett


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