On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Daniel Holth <[email protected]> wrote:
> setup.py as implemented with distutils/setuptools has a bit of a > Goldilocks problem: it's just right for a medium-complexity project > but when your project is very simple it's too hard, and when you get > to the point where you are trying to extend distutils by writing a > 10,000 line extension, yikes. So it's fantastic to be able to just > avoid distutils entirely if it isn't the right size for your project. > This example, flit, does not invoke any code from distutils, > setuptools or bdist_wheel to do its thing. > > A source release could just be an archive of the repository. > You still have not answered how reading flit's source code to get it working is better than using cookiecutter to generate a project, and using `python setup.py bdist_wheel sdist` (which is well-documented, and has tons of answered questions on sites like StackOverflow to help in case of a problem).
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