Tarek Ziadé <ziade.ta...@gmail.com> writes: > >>> It is a solved problem: autoconf does it well, and has all the > >>> required features, > > Would you like to write down a detailed description of these > elements ?
I second this. David has several times invoked “setuptools should do it like autoconf”, but that isn't much use without a detailed specification of *exactly what* setuptools should do, written by people who know what is being asked for (like David) and targetted to people who don't know anything about autoconf. It's a lot of work to come up with such a specification, and will require input from experts and much discussion, but until it's done such requests for change carry little weight. -- \ “I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he | `\ came to town, we could all take a shot at him and not feel too | _o__) bad.” —Jack Handey | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
