[Python-Dev] Re: Patch level versions and new features (Was: Some dull gc stats)

[Martin v. Loewis]

"M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com> writes:

> Perhaps we could have some kind of category for distutils
> packages which marks them as system add-ons vs. site add-ons.

One approach would be for distutils to have a list of system packages
built-in, depending on the Python release. That list would cover PyXML
and email; perhaps others.

Of couse, taking the _xmlplus hack out of PyXML will cause backwards
compatibility problems (regardless what the alternative hook is).

Regards,
Martin