[Distutils] Source of confusion

[Paul Moore]

On 29 March 2017 at 10:31, Thomas Güttler <guettliml at thomas-guettler.de> wrote:
> Am 29.03.2017 um 09:51 schrieb Paul Moore:
>>
>> On 29 March 2017 at 06:29, Thomas Güttler <guettliml at thomas-guettler.de>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am stupid and missing a guiding hand which gives me simple straight
>>> forward step by step instruction.
>>
>>
>> To do what?
>
> To find canonical docs. With "canonical" I mean current docs from the
> upstream.

I think Nick's point probably covers this discussion, but you haven't
said what you want docs *for*. pip? setuptools? wheel? something else?
They are in various places, which you can hunt out via pypi or google.
It's not hard to do, but certainly it's true that it's harder to find
things than you'd want if you were paying for a well-documented
service. But given that you're not paying anything, and no-one working
on Python packaging has any obligation to meet your expectations,
you'll need to either lower the level of your expectations, pay
someone to provide what you're looking for, or offer your own time and
energy to address the issues you find. Simply making vague complaints
on this list isn't particularly productive.

Sorry if that's not the response you were hoping for, and in
particular if you have a pressing need for support that we're not
providing, I do understand how that can be a problem for you, but as
Nick says, this is the reality of relying on software that's provided
to you free of charge.

Paul