[Python-Dev] buildtime vs runtime in Distutils (original) (raw)

Andrew McNabb amcnabb at mcnabbs.org
Mon Nov 16 21:10:09 CET 2009

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 03:35:00AM +0100, Christian Heimes wrote:

Do we really want to change distutils to solve a problem of a third party packaging system when the problem was created by the very same third party in the first place? In other words: Should you spend your precious development time with fixing a problem that isn't our fault? The decision to split the header files into a separate package, that isn't installed by default, has already created tons of bad user experience in the past. Do you want to endorse the split even further?

The problem being addressed is that distutils is using an artefact of the build system (a Makefile) as a data file. I think the issue of whether or not to "endorse the split" is a red herring.

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