[Distutils] Fwd: Re: PEP 517 again

Thomas Kluyver thomas at kluyver.me.uk
Thu Aug 24 10:31:55 EDT 2017


On Thu, Aug 24, 2017, at 03:29 PM, xoviat wrote:
> I understand that, but what I disagree with is modifying build_wheel
> to make up for a lack of consensus on editable installs.
The reasoning for the build_directory parameter was not based around
editable installs. This is the confusion I was referring to about the
multiple meanings of 'out-of-tree builds'.
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