[Python-Dev] addressing distutils inability to track file dependencies

[Guido van Rossum]

> This is where the real problem lies: that building modules via
> makesetup generates module.so, whereas building modules via setup.py
> builds .so. This needs to be fixed, and I feel that setup.py is right
> and makesetup is wrong.

IMO that's entirely accidental.  You can use Setup to build either
form.  I would assume you can use setup.py to build either form too,
but I'm not sure.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)