[Python-ideas] [Python-Dev] question about packaging

[Nick Coghlan]

On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Michele Lacchia
<michelelacchia at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry if I interfere, but now what should be supported, distlib or
> packaging? It seems to me that the former was born to solve some problems
> packaging and distribute still had. In addition to that, packaging has not
> been included in Python 3.3, as it was first planned.

Originally, the distutils2 project was going to be the basis the new
packaging support in the stdlib. The critical problem identified in
the run up to 3.3 was that the level of maturity in distutils2 (and
hence packaging) was hugely variable - some parts were (almost) ready
for inclusion, but many were not. By building up distlib more
incrementally (rather than starting as a fork of distutils), it should
be easier to identify which parts are sufficiently mature for stdlib
inclusion.

Cheers,
Nick.

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