[Python-Dev] [Distutils] PEP 426 is now the draft spec for distribution metadata 2.0

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:36:09 +0100,
Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> a écrit :
> 
> I think Marc-André is right that the acceptability of the standard
> should be judged on the availability of (preferably standard)
> implementations. If the standard isn't implemented, then perhaps it
> means it's too ambitious / too complex / victim of the second-system
> effect.
> 
> So I kind of agree with him the PEP shouldn't be accepted until
> there's a decent patch pending for the stdlib. That's not a judgement
> on the PEP's quality. Just an advice to remain cautious, especially
> if the previous metadata version already enjoys a very poor adoption
> rate.
> 
> By the way, pip may be nice, but it's still a third-party tool, and
> perhaps not even as widespread as distribute / setuptools.

Well, Nick kind of proved my wrong in his reply to Marc-André :-)

Regards

Antoine.