[Python-Dev] removing packaging

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:46:30 -0400
Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> wrote:
> 
>    With beta coming, a way to deal with that unfortunate situation needs 
> to be found.  We could (a) grant an exception to packaging to allow 
> changes after beta1; (b) keep packaging as it is now under a provisional 
> status, with due warnings that many things are expected to change; (c) 
> remove the unstable parts and deliver a subset that works (proposed by 
> Tarek to the Pyramid author on distutils-sig); (d) not release packaging 
> as part of Python 3.3 (I think that was also suggested on distutils-sig 
> last month).
> 
>    I don’t think (a) would give us enough time; we really want a few 
> months (and releases) to hash out the API (most notably with the pip and 
> buildout developers) and clean the bdist situation.  Likewise (c) would 
> require developer (my) time that is currently in short supply.  (b) also 
> requires time and would make development harder, not to mention probable 
> user pain.  This leaves (d), after long reflection, as my preferred 
> choice, even though I disliked the idea at first (and I fully expect 
> Tarek to feel the same way).

So if you want to remove packaging from 3.3, it should be before the
beta which will be out in a few days.

Regards

Antoine.