[Python-Dev] a new setuptools release? (original) (raw)
Zooko O'Whielacronx zookog at gmail.com
Wed Oct 7 18:56:49 CEST 2009
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For a large number of people [1, 2, 3], setuptools is already a critical part of Python. Make it official. Let everyone know that future releases of Python will not break setuptools/Distribute, and that they can rely on backwards-compatibility with the myriad existing packages. Make the next release of the distutils standard lib module be Distribute.
(Perhaps some people will complain, but they can channel their energy into improving the new distutils.)
Regards,
Zooko
[1] The majority of professional developers using Python rely on setuptools to distribute and to use packages: http://tarekziade.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/packaging-survey-first-results/ [2] setuptools is one of the most downloaded packages on PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools http://blog.delaguardia.com.mx/tags/pypi [3] about one fifth of Debian users who install python2.5 also install python-pkg-resources: http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=python-setuptools http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=python2.5
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