On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:02:40 +0100, Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
>> If the file is 100kb long, I don't think a user would care. > > I'm "a user" in this case, and I care... The maintenance burden a file > like the setup.py you're proposing places on me as a package author in > making sure the packages I maintain all include the right setup.py, and > needing to bump my package's versions when code that has nothing to do > with my package has bugs fixed isn't acceptable. ok. But nobody I know in software can stop new patches and versions of software from being made. Versions advance.. For some it's even a day job. >> I don't think users in the real world will look at the file.. > > What happens for the author of one of the small number of packages that > actually needs to have logic in setup.py? That's another issue. I'm providing external pre-install and post-install script hooks. To answer the question - It's too early to tell. I'm flexible. We'll see. A lot of code to write still. David _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
