On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> wrote:
> Donald, what do you think? IIRC, you were most keen on going > sdist->wheel where possible, and I don't think you've commented on > Paul's suggestion yet (apologies if I've overlooked a response). > > > I still think it should, and prefer pip to attempt to build a sdist prior > to building a wheel when we’re coming from a VCS directory. I think that is > going to be the most robust mechanism with the least amount of surprising > behavior for end users. > why? even as it stands, doesn't setuptools dump everything into the build dir anyway? The "Creating of an sdist" really seems like a build-system problem, not a package manager problem to me. > "when we’re coming from a VCS directory." whether this is a VCS directory or some other source seems to me like something pip should not need to know... -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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