> On 7 Sep 2020, at 14:28, Stefan Krah <ste...@bytereef.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 11:43:41AM +0100, Steve Dower wrote: >> Rest assured, I am very aware of air-gapped and limited network systems, as >> well as corporate policies and processes. Having distutils in the standard >> library does not help with any of these. > > Of course it helps. You can develop extensions without any third party > packages or install them.
But you do not need distutils to write python extensions right? Barry > > Same situation if you are on mobile Internet or in a cafe without Internet > and you want to try something out. > > > Or if you moved and you don't have cable Internet yet. Or if you are in > a country where there is no cable Internet. > > > Air-gapped systems were just an illustration of the problem. I did not > anticipate that people would take it as the centerpiece of my arguments. > > > Stefan Krah > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/FNRIPAE4SN33STYR2OUHOKFKPUPOSJMU/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/J2MVXV3DHJ35OFDIH5P7YMTDMVKWXCND/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
