> > > "some subset of what setuptools provides" > > > > So my proposal is here is to provide a way for users to easily use jsut > that > > subset. > > https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/#build-system-interface
note above: *easily* use just that subset. All you need to do is write a setup.py, which can do *anything you > like*, doesn't need to be based on distutils, setuptools, or whatever > (but it needs to survive the setuptools injection pip currently does, > but that's not a big deal). not if you don't use setuptools at all-- sure. But this is the big project -- make a whole new build system. I'm suggesting that we could prototype that interface without having to create a fully functional alternative to setuptool+distutils first. Maybe I'll look into the pip-injecting-setuptools code and see if I can come up with anyway to hijack that. But If we take the "cripple setuptools" approach, rather than the "replace setuptools", than pip can still inject it... -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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