On 03/02/2013 13:27, Tres Seaver wrote:
As for setuptools (as opposed to distribute), I don't think we should
care anymore.
Yes, you need to care. It is *still* true today that distribute and
setuptools remain largely interchangeable, which is the only thing that
makes distribute viable, in the ecosystem sense.
+ sys.maxint.
I was very unpopular with the attitude I took to distribute when it
arrived, including it's poor choice of name ;-)
Now, I know my tone was bad, but we are where I feared we're be, to
paraphrase Ned Batchelder's "two problems" job page: I had a problem
with setuptools, so I thought I'd create distribute, now I have two
problems...
I'm excited by wheel and I still have vague hopes that one day the
stdlib might be a collection of packages shipped as a "big distribution"
for those who need it and separately upgradeable for the rest of us...
...but let's make sure we keep caring about the tools that people really
use, which includes both setuptools and distribute.
...or deliberately break them both, at the same time as we fix the
security issues, and provide a workable alternative. People will quickly
migrate ;-)
cheers,
Chris
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