[Python-Dev] setuptools in the stdlib

Wed Apr 19 01:08:07 CEST 2006

On Tuesday 18 April 2006 19:00, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
 > He then mentioned it in his 2.5 slideshow at PyCon. This is the first
 > anyone's objected to it, however, at least that I'm aware of.
Until the past week, I wasn't aware it was being considered. But then, I've 
not been paying a lot of attention lately, so I suspect that's my fault.
 > The setuptools manual is currently at:
 >
 > http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools
 >
 > pending conversion to the standard Pythondoc format. I posted earlier
 > today asking about how it, and the other related manuals should be
 > included in the overall Python documentation structure:
Saw that; hopefully I'll have a chance to look at it soon. I wonder, 
generally, if it should be merged into the distutils documentation. Those 
documents happen to be distutils-centric now, because that's what's been 
provided. Their titles should be the guide to their content, however.
 > So, I'm not too pleased by insinuations that setuptools is anything other
 > than a Python community project.
I've no doubt about that at all, FWIW. I think you've put a lot of effort 
into discussing it with the community, and applaud you for that as well as 
your implementation efforts.
 -Fred
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Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org>