Shouldn't we wean our internal tools off this obsolete version of distutils too, rather than just move it around?
On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 9:26 AM Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org> wrote: > On 5/10/2022 4:33 PM, Christian Heimes wrote: > > On 10/05/2022 13.18, Victor Stinner wrote: > >> test_peg_generator and test_cppext build C extensions with distutils. > >> Until these tests are modified to use something else, we still need to > >> keep distutils. So I propose to rename it to _distutils to remove it > >> from the stdlib. Maybe these tests can use ensurepip to install > >> setuptools which provides distutils. > >> > >> There is also the c-analyzer tool which uses distutils to run a C > >> preprocessor. > > > > We can easily take care of test_cppext and add the build step to > > Makefile. How does test_peg_generator depend on distutils? I don't see > > an import of distutils in the directory. > > > > I would prefer to fix and remove all imports of distutils before we > > resort to renaming the package. Please give us time until alpha 1. There > > is no need to rush it *now*. > > I agree. The internal tools that use it are all in our Tools directory, > so we can move distutils there and explicitly add an import path to > locate it. No need to keep it in the stdlib (Lib/) at all. > > Migrating to Makefile builds is probably better long-term, but not as > important as moving distutils out from the stdlib so that setuptools can > rely on their copy being the "main" one. > > Cheers, > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/LGF4BJMN3H7L6QFTZTDBMOA2GPZQFHC6/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/>
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