On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Éric Araujo <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t think (a) would give us enough time; we really want a few months > (and releases) to hash out the API (most notably with the pip and buildout > developers) and clean the bdist situation. Likewise (c) would require > developer (my) time that is currently in short supply. (b) also requires > time and would make development harder, not to mention probable user pain. > This leaves (d), after long reflection, as my preferred choice, even though > I disliked the idea at first (and I fully expect Tarek to feel the same > way).
It's a pity, but it sounds like the way to go. This may be crazy, but just idly wondering: is there an opportunity for the PSF to make things better by throwing some money at it? Packaging appears to be one of those Hard problems, it might be a good investment. Cheers, Dirkjan _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com