On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:17:42 -0400, anatoly techtonik <[email protected]> wrote: > I've added a chapter on Distutils history to > http://wiki.python.org/moin/Distutils to provide an overview why > current Distutils in not sufficient anymore and needs refactoring. I > would like to ask for review to see if that information is more > appropriate for Distutils/Critics
I've updated http://wiki.python.org/moin/Distutils/Proposals and put some ideas down on updating setup.py and showing a preview on how it could benefit from being a class rather than a procedure. I feel that regular developers will find it easier to understand than the traditional procedural setup.py. It will give them information on the platform, and allow them to make conditional installs based on the underlying environment. This will in turn lead to more flexibility and reduce the necessity for developers to resort to hacks and undocumented features. (I wasn't sure on how to make it a subpage - I couldn't find the button.) Regards David _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
