[Python-Dev] magic in setuptools (Was: setuptools in the stdlib) (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Apr 20 13:56:19 CEST 2006


"Guido van Rossum wrote:

> - I still fear that the code of setuptools will turn out to be > a maintenance nightmare.

AFAICT Phillip has explicitly promised he will maintain it (or if he doesn't, I expect that he would gladly do so if you asked). This has always been sufficient as a "guarantee" that a new module isn't orphaned.

I'm not that worried about maintenance of the tool itself, but supporting "it's magic! (as long as you use the correct combination of one-letter options)" stuff is no fun at all.



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