Re: [Distutils] Fwd: The fate of Distutils in Python 2.7
Tarek Ziadé wrote: The rest of the work will happen in distutils2 and we will try to release a version asap for Python 2.x and 3.x (2.4 to 3.2), and the goal is to put it back in the stdlib in Python 3.3 Er... 2.4? Really? --rich ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
Re: [Distutils] Fwd: The fate of Distutils in Python 2.7
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:44 PM, K. Richard Pixley r...@noir.com wrote: Tarek Ziadé wrote: The rest of the work will happen in distutils2 and we will try to release a version asap for Python 2.x and 3.x (2.4 to 3.2), and the goal is to put it back in the stdlib in Python 3.3 Er... 2.4? Really? You need 2.3 ? (please say no !... ;) ) -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
Re: [Distutils] Fwd: The fate of Distutils in Python 2.7
Tarek Ziadé wrote: On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:44 PM, K. Richard Pixley r...@noir.com wrote: Tarek Ziadé wrote: The rest of the work will happen in distutils2 and we will try to release a version asap for Python 2.x and 3.x (2.4 to 3.2), and the goal is to put it back in the stdlib in Python 3.3 Er... 2.4? Really? You need 2.3 ? (please say no !... ;) I don't need 2.3. I don't need 2.4 either. I was actually wondering if the 2.4 was a typo. It's not clear to me that there's much need for new packaging tools in older versions. --rich ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
Re: [Distutils] Fwd: The fate of Distutils in Python 2.7
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:17 PM, K. Richard Pixley r...@noir.com wrote: It's not clear to me that there's much need for new packaging tools in older versions. I've certainly found it useful to use distribute under Python 2.4. There are still a lot of people using Python 2.4. I think the general rule for packaging tools is that you want one that supports all the versions of Python you're using. Given that there are good reasons to try again, it's reasonable to support 2.4. Migrating to newer versions can take a significant transition period for some applications. -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr.fdrake at gmail.com Chaos is the score upon which reality is written. --Henry Miller ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
[Distutils] Fwd: The fate of Distutils in Python 2.7
FIY (I didn't cross-post to make it easier for following the threads) -- Forwarded message -- From: Tarek Ziadé ziade.ta...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:44 PM Subject: The fate of Distutils in Python 2.7 To: Python-Dev python-...@python.org Hello, This is a follow-up of the Pycon summit + sprints on packaging. This is what we have planned to do: 1. refactor distutils in a new standalone version called distutils2 [this is done already and we are actively working in the code] 2. completely revert distutils in Lib/ and Doc/ so the code + doc is the same than the current 2.6.x branch 3. leave the new sysconfig module, that is used by the Makefile and the site module The rest of the work will happen in distutils2 and we will try to release a version asap for Python 2.x and 3.x (2.4 to 3.2), and the goal is to put it back in the stdlib in Python 3.3 Distutils in Python will be feature-frozen and I will only do bug fixes there. All feature requests will be redirected to Distutils2. I think the easiest way to manage this for me and for the feedback of the community is to add in bugs.python.org a Distutils2 component, so I can start to reorganize the issues in there and reassign new issues to Distutils2 when it applies. Regards Tarek -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
