[Distutils] Comments on PEP 426

[Paul Moore]

On 30 August 2013 12:54, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin at gmail.com> wrote:

> setup.py that would satisfy those commands. It could be as easy as:
>
> if sys.argv[1] == 'bdist_wheel':
>     sys.exit(subprocess.call(['bentomaker', 'build_wheel'])
>
> or whatever.


OK, inspiration moment for me. It had never occurred to me that a project
could do something like that, and now I see it explained, I understand the
various discussions about standardising command line APIs much better.
Thanks!


> I tried deleting the mentioned file but just got the same error
> message again. Is that a bento/pip/setuptools bug? I notice that the
> bento docs don't mention pip on the installation page:
> http://cournape.github.io/Bento/html/install.html
>
>
I've never yet got bento working for me. I have assumed that some aspect of
Windows, Python 3.x, pip or oddities of my setup are not supported yet, and
have simply left it as "not for prime time yet" (based on the 0.1.1 version
number) in my mind. So it's always remained as the "obvious example of an
alternative build system" while still being theoretical.

I'd love to see something concrete though, as these debates tend to get
remarkably abstract at times :-)

Paul.
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