[Python-Dev] Is is worth disentangling distutils? (original) (raw)

Antonio Cavallo a.cavallo at cavallinux.eu
Mon Dec 10 08:22:13 CET 2012


Hi, I wonder if is it worth/if there is any interest in trying to "clean" up distutils: nothing in terms to add new features, just a major cleanup retaining the exact same interface.

I'm not planning anything like adding features or rewriting rpm/rpmbuild here, simply cleaning up that un-holy code mess. Yes it served well, don't get me wrong, and I think it did work much better than anything it was meant to replace it.

I'm not into the py3 at all so I wonder how possibly it could fit/collide into the big plan.

Or I'll be wasting my time?

Thanks



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