2009/4/6 David Cournapeau <da...@ar.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp>: > To be consistent, it > needs to be included in distutils, so when the VCS format changes, it > breaks - you can't update it easily because it is in the stdlib.
Sure, if the plugin can't use a stable API then it should not be included in the stdlib. > And if the sources are not under a VCS, it breaks, again. How does it break? > - Magic: it depends on the VCS. So if the same sources is under a > different VCS, it may be different. How do you handle ignored files ? Etc... How is this different from any non-VCS situation? > Now, if on the contrary, you have a simple format, then you can always > have your own tool to generate this format from the DVCS. Why should > python be different from every other type of software ? Can you explain what is different and when? -- Lennart Regebro: Pythonista, Barista, Notsotrista. http://regebro.wordpress.com/ +33 661 58 14 64 _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig