[Python-Dev] Distutils & configparser rename (original) (raw)

Scott Dial scott+python-dev at scottdial.com
Fri May 16 13:10:42 CEST 2008

A.M. Kuchling wrote:

* There's no standalone distutils package on PyPI, nor can I find such a package with a general web search. Am I missing it?

* I do not see users advising other users to use a later version of Distutils to fix their problems. Is anyone actually benefiting from the effort of maintaining backward compatibility?

I remember this discussion coming up before the 2.5 release when the distutils version number was changed to depend on the python instance instead of a static string. MAL was made very upset that the SVN trunk version of distutils could no longer be pulled out seperately. But at that time, you had removed it from PEP 291, officially renouncing this practice. I believe the conclusion was that MAL's request to maintain psuedo-backward-compatibility would be upheld despite not having official status.

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-August/068250.html

-Scott

-- Scott Dial scott at scottdial.com scodial at cs.indiana.edu

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