[Distutils] setup.py develop un-egg-spected result

[James William Pye]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 01:22:28PM -0400, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> If we were replacing the distutils, I'd simply have a "source root" 
> option, rather than a dictionary with a magic key.

FWIW, +1 on the "source root" option.

package_dir has always seemed rather confusing to me. I used it for a source
root at one time, but I just use packages now with a physical layout. It's
easier to understand what's going on(not just for my sake, but others as well).