[Distutils] comparison of configuration languages

[Chris Barker]

On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:

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.
>

Agreed. However, in another thread, I understood you to say that ALL we are
talking about now is how to specify the build requirements. If that's the
case, then we might a well as well just go with setup.cfg.

However, I'd rather we were setting the stage for grater things -- in which
case, let's go with a new config file.

BTW, IIRC, there seemed to a consensus moving toward using a Python API,
rather than a command line API for the mythical pluggable build systems....

In which case, we can require python, and could use python literals for
configuration. With the discussion of PyYaml, I"m thinking more and more
that something that can be parsed with only the stdlib is a good idea.

-CHB

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