The current proposal is to remove build_dir and leave it up to the backend.
On Aug 24, 2017 7:07 PM, "Greg Ewing" <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > Paul Moore wrote: > >> 4. The point of all this is that the definition of build_directory >> says "If build_directory is None, the backend may do an 'in place' >> build which modifies the source directory and may produce different >> results from those that would be obtained by exporting an sdist >> first". >> > > Is it really necessary for pip to specify exactly *where* to do > an out-of-place build? Why should it care, as long as the end > result is a clean wheel? > > -- > Greg > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig >
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