> This strategy does not generally try to eliminate arbitrary code
> execution during builds - builds are an inherently arbitrary-code
> process. But once the build has happened most installs should work
> without arbitrary code execution.


I don't think builds should be a *completely* arbitrary-code process. I 
understand well that user-defined code should be accommodated, but IMO this 
should be within a declarative framework with well-defined hooks, otherwise it 
will ultimately lead to the same problems that setup.py has.

Regards,

Vinay Sajip

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