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

[Tarek Ziadé]

2009/7/15 P.J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com>:
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> So if politics demands that it be rejected by association with "setuptools",
> then just search-and-replace the API, PEP 8-ify it, call it something
> different, and lie to everyone about where it came from.  I won't tell if
> you won't.  ;-)

While setuptools did address some issues, we are now adressing in PEP 376,
it does a *lot* of other things and it's impossible to extract the
features we would
want to re-use. e.g. what I would call the good bits.

The prototype code we are building on bitbucket is clear, easy to
understand, read and adopt and already PEP8-fied (which is required
for sdtlib inclusion)

Reading and understanding pkg_resources requires a lot of time.

A side note on setuptools, I don't mean to be rude here or to tell you
what you should do,
really, but:

  While I am very glad that you are part of PEP 376 discussions, and
that you helped
  on almost every section of it, I really don't understand why you
keep on pushing setuptools
  *code* here and at distutils-SIG since you don't maintain it anymore
(the last commit is > 9 months)

  Part of the rejection of setuptools is because of that and because you don't
  bless anyone to maintain the project code base, or do releases,
neither to communicate clearly
  on what's its roadmap.

Regards
Tarek