On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 2:35 AM, 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. > > Thomas Ditto. -- Pradyun
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