[Python-Dev] BDFL delegation for PEP 426 (PyPI metadata 1.3)
Éric Araujo
merwok at netwok.org
Sun Feb 3 20:06:57 CET 2013
Hi,
Le 03/02/2013 13:57, Daniel Holth a écrit :
> My position is that these days distutils doesn't belong in the standard
> library any more than Django does.
You can install anything you want, but first you need an installer. I
think that a language needs packaging formats and basic build and
install tools in its stdlib. You can use different tools for
specialized needs or tastes, but I think years and years of frustration
show that people need a basic thing working out of the box.
> So I am mildly opposed to supporting it when you should be using better
> designed third party tools like Bento
Aside: can we keep the discussion civil instead of constantly bashing
distutils and heaping praise on one tool? (It happened with
easy_install before bento.) I’m the first one to recognize that
distutils has deep flaws, but I respect the time and energy that many
people have put into it.
> Wheel makes it possible for Python to get out of the build tool
> business. Just install your preferred tools with a concise bootstrap
> installer.
Looks like we agree that a basic tool able to bootstrap the packaging
story is needed :)
Regards
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