[Distutils] Setuptools 4.0 and 4.0.1 superseded by 3.8.1

[Ned Deily]

In article <20140614145331.GA1251 at yuggoth.org>,
 Jeremy Stanley <fungi at yuggoth.org> wrote:

> On 2014-06-14 14:25:02 +0000 (+0000), Jason R. Coombs wrote:
> [...]
> > I’ve removed all versions of Setuptools 4.x and closed that
> > branch. [...] Please use Setuptools 3.8.1 or later.
> [...]
> 
> Are most of the PyPI mirror tools out there smart enough to remove
> packages which have been deleted from PyPI? People who are running
> their own mirrors should probably check and take action as needed.
> (I know I'm going to need to either delete copies from our CI
> mirror, or more likely blacklist 4.x in all our requirements files
> since I can't know the state of anyone else's mirrors.)

It's not just PyPI.  Third-party distributors have already pushed 4.x 
out into the wild, for example, MacPorts.  It's not practical to make 
the whole world revert once that happens.  If it's a serious enough 
regression, I suggest you release a 4.x+ that is really a 3.8.x.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org