[Python-Dev] PEP 376 and PEP 302 - allowing import hooks to provide distribution metadata

[Tarek Ziadé]

2009/7/6 Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com>:
> I'm -1 on changing the name. For better or worse setuptools is the elephant
> in the room w.r.t. package management and it would IMHO be better to stay
> compatible (even if the stdlib only implements a subset of
> setuptools/pkg_resources)
>

I'd rather see the elephant evolves.

I don't see why we should bend a standard we want to introduce in the stdlib,
for a third-party package that is able to evolve to stick to a new standard
without any problem.