[Distutils] setup.py develop un-egg-spected result
James William Pye
python at jwp.name
Tue Apr 1 02:24:49 CEST 2008
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).
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