[issue8369] Add a lint command to distutils

Éric Araujo added the comment: This is better done by tools outside of the standard library. -- resolution: remind -> rejected stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue8369] Add a lint command to distutils

Éric Araujo added the comment: There has been a lengthy discussion on the fellowship-of-the-packaging ML about what should or should not be a command. One side argues that distutils commands should only concern themselves with packaging, distributing and installing, the other side defends th

[issue8369] Add a lint command to distutils

Éric Araujo added the comment: Also, think about running reindent.py and lib2to3 fixers such as idioms or ws_comma. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue8369] Add a lint command to distutils

New submission from Éric Araujo : Add a command to run lint tools such as Python -3, pep8, pyflakes, pychecker, pylint. I think this should not be a subcommand of test. The idea comes from buildutils (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/buildutils/). -- assignee: tarek components: Distutils2