On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 02:28:07PM -0400, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > In order for the *real* goal to be achieved (i.e., a flourishing > build/install system for Python), widespread participation and buy-in is > required. If the OS people or the big package people (e.g. Zope Corp., > Enthought) or the distutils aficionados are left out, then the result won't > get used. > > [...] > > We need a consensus "de jure" standard (ala WSGI), rather than just an > ongoing "de facto" standard (ala distutils/setuptools), or we're not making > any substantial progress, just handing the reins over to somebody else.
Nice words. I like very much the sound of this discussion. Ga�l _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
