[Python-Dev] Status of packaging in 3.3

[Tarek Ziadé]

On 6/20/12 11:54 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:51:03 +0000 (UTC)
> Vinay Sajip<vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk>  wrote:
>> Antoine Pitrou<solipsis<at>  pitrou.net>  writes:
>>
>>> Deciding to remove packaging from 3.3 is another instance of the same
>>> mistake, IMO.
>>>
>> What's the rationale for leaving it in, when it's known to be
>> incomplete/unfinished?
> As an incentive for users to start using the features that are
> finished enough, and exercise the migration path from distutils.
> The module can be marked "provisional" so as to allow further API
> variations.
It's true that some modules are quite mature and already useful:

- packaging.version     (PEP 386)
- packaging.pypi
- packaging.metadata  (PEP 345)
- packaging.database   (PEP 386)

the part that is not ready is the installer and some setuptools bridging


>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
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