[issue12257] Use PYPACKAGING_USE_SDK envvar instead of DISTUTILS_USE_SDK

2011-06-04 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de added the comment: I don't think the name should be changed. If anything should be done, we should reconsider whether this flag is actually needed, or whether some other approach to selecting a compiler can be taken. --

[issue12257] Use PYPACKAGING_USE_SDK envvar instead of DISTUTILS_USE_SDK

2011-06-03 Thread Éric Araujo
New submission from Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org: packaging still uses the DISTUTILS_USE_SDK environment variable to tweak compilation on Windows. Do we want to change the name? Pro: separates distutils and packaging, con: requires users to set one more var during the transition period. I