2009/4/6 David Cournapeau <da...@ar.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp>:
> It is practical on the short term, but a pain in the long term. The
> single most problematic aspect of distutils (and the tools above it) is
> all this magic which works in some simple cases, and breaks in other,
> without any way to circumvent it.

So make a way to circumvent it then.

> A distribution tool has to be simple
> and customizable, not magic.

Yes. And can you point out what in my suggestion is not simple, and
what is magic, and what is not circumventable?

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