On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Nick Coghlan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 13 Feb 2013 00:55, "Ronald Oussoren" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On 12 Feb, 2013, at 14:46, Daniel Holth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I still think it makes more sense to just download distribute and > wheel when you want to build one, but to each his own... if you need to > create packages for pypi without being able to install things from it, > knock yourself out. > > > > Why the hostility? It makes sense to have basic support in the stdlib. > > I'm playing a much longer game than Daniel - when you're thinking in terms > of the next few months, then the PEPs are only significant because the pip > folks (sensibly, IMO) have made that a condition of merging wheel support > (at which point people will naturally start using them more, since they > won't have to seek them out, pip will cache the built wheels automatically) > > Core support only starts to matter once you're thinking in terms of > *years*, and the way beginners will encounter Python's distribution > ecosystem in 3.4+ :) > +1 although I need to finish the PEP before then, the core support should take years. This gives the community time to discover a good system.
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