[Python-Dev] Raising objections (was: setuptools in the stdlib) (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Wed Apr 19 08:51:26 CEST 2006

Phillip J. Eby wrote:

The long term plan is for a tool called "nest" to be offered, which will offer a command-line interface similar to that of the "yum" package manager, with commands to list, uninstall, upgrade, and perform other management functions on installed packages.

yum already exists, of course. along with many other package managers. do you expect linux and bsd packagers to switch to your stuff for all their python needs, or are you building a parallel universe ? if so, why ?

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