[Python-Dev] PEP 384 final review

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>>  - Should the distutils support for LIMITED_API be part of the pep, or
>>   be implemented later?
> 
> In any case, it has to be implemented in Distutils2, not in Distutils.
> Distutils is frozen and just in maintenance mode.

I think it's too late for that. PEP 3149 is accepted, and it does
specify a change to distutils (namely, the abi= parameter). ISTM that
an approved PEP will override the distutils code freeze.

> For Python itself we can backport the feature in its setup.py, until
> Distutils2 is back to the sdtlib

This won't be for python itself, but for extension modules.

Regards,
Martin