On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:51:03 +0000 (UTC)
Vinay Sajip <vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Antoine Pitrou <solipsis <at> pitrou.net> writes:
> 
> > 
> > Deciding to remove packaging from 3.3 is another instance of the same
> > mistake, IMO.
> > 
> 
> What's the rationale for leaving it in, when it's known to be
> incomplete/unfinished?

As an incentive for users to start using the features that are
finished enough, and exercise the migration path from distutils.
The module can be marked "provisional" so as to allow further API
variations.

Regards

Antoine.


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