[Distutils] comparison of configuration languages

[Alex Grönholm]

This is fine as long as developer convenience does not suffer. 
Underlying implementations can always be improved, but if we decide on a 
sucky format, we'll have to live with that for a long time.

08.05.2016, 08:07, Chris Barker kirjoitti:
> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org 
> <mailto: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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