[Python-Dev] setuptools: past, present, future

[Fredrik Lundh]

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> Leaving aside the Perl vs. Py thing, opinions on CPAN seem to be
> diverse -- yes, I've heard people say that this is something that
> Python sorely lacks; but I've also heard from more than one person
> that CPAN sucks from a quality perspective. So I think we shouldn't
> focus on emulating CPAN; rather, we should solve the problems we
> actually have.

the first problem seems to be to define what those problems really
are ;-)

(as for the CPAN quality, any public repository will end up being full
of crap; I don't see any way to work around that.  automatic scoring
based on superficial aspects or ratings by small numbers of anonymous
visitors are probably among the worst ways to distinguish crap from
good stuff; for quality, you need initiatives like

    http://code.enthought.com/enthon/

and other "fat python" projects.  including the standard python.org
distribution, of course.)

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