Distribute is a project that tries to think about how distutils can evolve
Interesting discussion are happening in distutils-SIG. YOu can read the threads
[http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2008-September/010031.html Initial thread]
[http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2008-September/010080.html Guido answer, followed by other answers]
This page tries to synthetizes these threads and see what could be done to improve package managment in Python. It is not clear right now if a new development will happen outside distutils or not. But this page can be the place where we structure things and decide of the best plan.
What do we have today ?
Distutils
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Setuptools
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Other tools
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What is good ?
Distutils
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Setuptools
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Other tools
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What is wrong ?
Distutils
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Setuptools
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Other tools
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What can we do today ?
Distutils
- remove the log module and use logging
- finish the test coverage
Setuptools
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Other tools
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What's next ?
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Design discussions:
- Split the concerns