>> I have been thinking about the same thing. I think it would be good >> to have, however, it will surely take some time until all setuptools >> implementations learn to use it. > > No, not at all. You can tell setuptools to use a different index than > the current one. For example, this is a command-line option for > easy_install and a configuration option for buildout.
Yes. However, that will make the feature only available to those who know about it. I have very shallow knowledge of setuptools and easy_install only (I nearly never use them at all), and I surely would miss such an option, and miss why it's relevant. It's true that the Apache installation could also redirect existing installations to the new pages, but I doubt that they would be otherwise widely used until setuptools changes its hard-coded default. >> Hmm. How about those using them extensively start contributing to >> them also? > > I like to think that I am by participating in this discussion. Actually > changing the cheeseshop software has a very high learning curve. I don't > think that I can make that kind of time any time soon. I'm very > grateful that you and René are doing what you're doing. I also suspect > that, given your and René's activity, it would be counter productive for > someone else to get involved at that level, but maybe I'm wrong about that. I strongly think you are. There are many things that could be improved, and I would not mind leaving the cheeseshop alone if some other maintainer came along - I also have other things to do. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
