> On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:15 AM, Leonardo Rochael Almeida <leoroch...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Specifically, buildout right now has setuptools as its only dependence, and 
> buildout uses it to locate, download and build sdist dependencies, or 
> directly download and use .egg dependencies, which are important for Windows 
> platforms in the communities that use buildout and depend on compiled 
> extensions.


Ah, I knew I was forgetting something. I think we should hold off on preventing 
egg uploads until setuptools can download and install wheels.

—
Donald Stufft



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