[Python-Dev] [Distutils] PEP 376 - from PyPM's point of view

[P.J. Eby]

At 04:14 PM 7/15/2009 +0100, Paul Moore wrote:
>Look - I really, really don't mind if people use setuptools. Honest.
>But I do mind if core python gets changed to support little bits of
>what setuptools does, adding complexity to deal with issues that
>setuptools handles, but without making it possible to avoid using
>setuptools.

I don't see how that's being proposed.  Nothing in PEP 376 requires 
setuptools or any portion thereof, AFAICT.