[Distutils] distlib updated with resources API

[Tarek Ziadé]

On 9/27/12 5:40 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> Tarek Ziadé <tarek <at> ziade.org> writes:
>>> There are two of us maintaining hg.python.org: Georg and I. So, I don't
>>> know about Georg, but I don't want to maintain repositories for every
>>> third-party library that might one day become part of Python. OTOH, if
>>> Georg wants to handle it, then fine
>> Since I see distutils2, unittest2, stackless and many users repo in there,
>> Please define the exact rules here - rather than you willingness to do
>> the benevolent work.
>>
>> and what you mean by maintaining an extra repo exactly.
> Maintaining a repo means setting it up and possibly changing the configuration
> (e.g. commit hooks) when required. This is all done by hand by one of us.
>
> My main point is not that hg.p.o is closed to new repositories, but that it is
> not meant to become a "forge" or an incubator where anyone can create new
> Python repos. Is distlib important enough yet?

I don't know what you mean by 'important'

We removed packaging from Python and said we would work on a smaller set 
for inclusion.

I've also said that I believed that it's simpler to include back wrt 
licensing if it's a code base
that's under the contributors agreement.

Last but not least, distlib is the plan forward endorsed by python-dev, 
so having it
in hg.python.org makes that plan more legitimate, no ?

I frankly don't follow your reluctance here, and I find your definition 
of what can
be in hg.python.org to be very vague

When I asked for a distutils2 repository it was done in 2 minutes and I 
did not
have to argue for hours and potentially push the discussion to yet 
another packaging drama

This is really annoying  :/

>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
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