Hi Eli (2022.12.24_21:46:13_-0400) > This patch is non-upstreamable. For context, this patch is along the same lines as changes you are making in your refactor, upstream in https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/11133
Your refactor goes further and removes distutils use entirely, where possible. It's still required on older Debian systems, because the deb_system scheme was patched into distutils but not sysconfig at the time. So, I still think we should be landing this patch in Debian, until your refactor is released, and I haven't cancelled the NMU. > I must confess however that I am surprised that setuptools is installed > in your buildd at all -- Meson doesn't use it, and projects using Meson > most likely don't also need setuptools at the same time. So this should > be a moot point. > > If setuptools is not installed, it cannot overwrite the stdlib > distutils. And there's a viable approach to not using distutils by the > time distutils is removed from the stdlib. To expand on what Eli is saying here, if meson Conflicted with python3-setuptools, or exported SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib, then this patch would not be required. However, such a conflict wouldn't be ideal for user systems. And virtualenvs still come with setuptools by default, so meson probably needs to be able to coexist with it. For the export option, I wouldn't want to patch something like that into our meson, unless we had to. That should be an upstream decision. I think coexisting with setuptools and setuptools-distutils is the best way forward. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272
