Yes, setup.py should die. Flit is one example, and you can understand it not by copy/pasting, but by spending half an hour reading its complete source code.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Ian Cordasco <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Daniel Holth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The approach doesn't exclude the possibility of a source distribution, >> it's only a few weeks old. I would suggest that if you have to choose >> between having a setup.py, not having a setup.py, and not having the >> package on pypi at all because the packager can't figure out setup.py, >> prefer the second option. > > > Is figuring out setup.py still a thing? Between cookiecutter laying out your > project with a setup.py and the Packaging Guide, how many people still have > trouble setting up a setup.py for a package? It almost seems like this is a > solution wanting for a problem. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
