[Python-Dev] Status of packaging in 3.3

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:20:04 +0200
Hynek Schlawack <hs at ox.cx> wrote:
> 
> > and a lack of user interest.
> 
> Maybe I'm getting you wrong here, but ISTM that proper packaging is in the
> short list on nearly everybody’s “things I wish they'd fix in Python”.

I agree, but I think people have also been burnt by the setuptools
maintenance problem, the setuptools -> distribute migration, the
easy_install / pip duality, and other stuff. I'm not sure they want to
try out "yet another third-party distutils improvement from the
cheeseshop".

Regards

Antoine.