[Distutils] A possible refactor/streamlining of PEP 517

[Steve Dower]

That totally works for me. It also avoids the argument we seem to be having around tricking backends into creating the correct output by controlling their input. It’s the backend job to get the output correct – pip can output as many messages as it likes to blame someone else, if the aim is to avoid bugs being reported in the wrong place, but at some point we need to trust the backend to get it right even in a dirty source directory.

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From: Daniel Holth
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 21:18
To: Steve Dower; Nathaniel Smith; Nick Coghlan
Cc: distutils-sig
Subject: Re: [Distutils] A possible refactor/streamlining of PEP 517

I agree that sdist consistency is not enforceable. Very little is. What if we deleted every unenforceable part of the PEP? No explanations of what backends should do. Every parameter is a hint. If you put the output file where requested then you are a good back end. Would that work better?

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