Hi Tarek, Tarek Ziadé wrote: > > this can change. I am working on it. I need feedback though. > > let me know how my extension code proposal fits your needs. > > http://wiki.python.org/moin/Distutils/ManifestPluginSystem/Draft >
I will fill in the examples (this pages does not concern manifest only, then ?) from my own experience. IMHO, adding plugins systems will not change the fundamental deficiencies of distutils, though. You may be able to mitigate some problems, but I don't think you will be able to solve the fundamental issues, because they are fundamental design issues. The only way to fix them would induce serious breakage, and in that case, given the quality of distutils code, starting from scratch would be easier - I have yet encountered a single major distutils abstraction which was not poorly conceived and implemented (my own experience is related to build issues, for which numpy has requirements which go much beyond the usual python package, though). Commands classes, compiler classes, distributions, all this is very wrong for someone who wants more than compiling a couple of C files and tight control. David _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
