On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 at 21:02, Thomas Kluyver <tho...@kluyver.me.uk> wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 27, 2019, at 7:47 PM, Paul Moore wrote: > > What is more difficult is the question of whether the PEP should > > change. As Chris pointed out, the previous discussion ended up saying > > that the build directory should not be on sys.path, but acknowledged > > that mandating that might cause issues. So the question now is, are > > the issues we've seen big enough that we want to change PEP 517 to say > > that the build directory *should* be on sys.path? > > I don't see that this issue is an argument for changing the PEP. It seems > like a problem with the backend that should be supporting legacy use cases. > The rule about the frontend not using the CWD to load the backend doesn't > constrain what the backend does once loaded. > > From my perspective, the original arguments about the CWD still stand, but in > addition PEP 517 is out now and there are tools implementing it, so it would > be more disruptive to make changes. So at least for now, I'm -1 on changing > the rule about the CWD.
Yes, that's my view too. I'm happy that we revisit the question, but personally, I remain in favour of the PEP as it stands. Paul -- Distutils-SIG mailing list -- distutils-sig@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to distutils-sig-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/distutils-sig.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/distutils-sig@python.org/message/V7UJJLAY56ELCH7Y574FMHFALV36LTP3/
