That's actually an interesting idea though: for Python 3.7 distutils -> _distutils (and then setuptools is required for building). For/against?
2017-09-27 14:46 GMT-05:00 xoviat <xov...@gmail.com>: > No. Setuptools is what projects without a build_backend in pyproject.toml > get. Not distutils. We should make it clear now that the distutils > namespace belongs to setuptools except for when building cpython. > > On Sep 27, 2017 2:33 PM, "Ned Deily" <n...@python.org> wrote: > >> On Sep 27, 2017, at 13:31, Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org> wrote: >> > setuptools is totally welcome in my book to simply copy the compiler >> infrastructure we already have from core and never look back. It really >> does need to be maintained separately from CPython, especially on Windows >> where we continue to get innovation in the targeted tools. I know it's a >> big ask, and it's one that I can't personally commit real time to (though I >> obviously will as much as possible), but I do think it is necessary for our >> ecosystem to not be tied to CPython release cycles. >> >> Whatever is done, keep in mind that currently distutils is required to >> build Python itself, e.g. the standard library. And that at least one >> important project, numpy, already subclasses distutils. >> >> -- >> Ned Deily >> n...@python.org -- [] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig >> >
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