[Python-Dev] a new setuptools release? (original) (raw)

P.J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Wed Oct 7 23:01:12 CEST 2009


At 08:23 PM 10/7/2009 +0000, Vinay Sajip wrote:

P.J. Eby writes:

> * Distribute 0.6.x is a stable maintenance branch, much like setuptools 0.6 I'm new to this particular discussion so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but ISTM that Distribute 0.6.x differs markedly from setuptools 0.6 in that the former has an active maintainer and the latter does not, or am I wrong about that?

That depends on how you define "active". I haven't resigned, nor do I plan to. There's simply a long mean time between releases at the moment, and some people feel that it's too long. That's certainly their prerogative, but it doesn't mean I have to agree with such characterizations.



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