Andi Vajda <va...@apache.org> wrote: > Sigh. The setuptools story is getting worse.
> I wonder how the > 'distribute' project is doing... It's the solution I used for the > Python 3.1 jcc port I did last summer. In particular, I wonder if they > integrated my patch, for that issue 43 I filed like four years ago. The way forward is "packaging" <http://docs.python.org/dev/packaging/> (which I believe is also "distutils2"). This is the derivation of "distribute". See http://guide.python-distribute.org/_images/state_of_packaging.jpg, in http://guide.python-distribute.org/introduction.html#current-state-of-packaging. ``So basically, I have forked Distutils and renamed its package into Distutils2. The project is located in http://hg.python.org/distutils2 and the goal is to put it back into the standard library as soon as it reaches a state where it starts to be used by the community. Distutils will just die slowly, probably pulling Setuptools and Distribute with it.'' ``The Distribute project is still important because it can help us releasing bug fixes or Python 3 support things today.'' ``Distutils2 will be 2.4 to 3.2 compatible and will get back from Distribute the good bits and implement the PEPs that were accepted lately PEP 345 and PEP 386.'' > Do you know if there is a way to detect this special version of > setuptools? No, sorry. Bill > If so, I could ensure the patch is applied if still needed. > > Andi.. > > > > > > Bill
