Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> writes: > I agree the current situation is a mess. I believe that everything you > mention is related to setuptools - so essentially, we have the > situation: > > - the existing setuptools format is a mess (at least in the opinion of > MAL and me :-))
No argument from me on this point. > - PEP 376 is an opportunity to consider cleanup > - there are some strong supporters of keeping things > setuptools-compatible Your implication seems to be that these two are incompatible. It should be noted that it's possible to clean up, by having a separate (e.g. ‘.pydist’) directory as the new standard, with “cleaned up” standard content, and continue backward compatibility in the actual tools while deprecating the old ‘.egg-info’ format for some time until finally removing that support. > Much as I'd like to, I can't really argue the case for breaking > setuptools compatibility without practical reasons. Agreed. I think we should be making it clear that ‘.egg-info’ is not going to evolve any further, and that it will eventually go away; but not remove support for it until there's a clearly established replacement. -- \ “I got up the other day, and everything in my apartment has | `\ been stolen and replaced with an exact replica.” —Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
