[Python-Dev] PEP 376

[Paul Moore]

2009/7/3 P.J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com>:
> Well, we could always resurrect PEP 365, since pkg_resources already has
> documented extensible support for arbitrary importers.  That solves backward
> *and* forward compatibility.  Then PEP 376's uninstall facilities could be
> implemented using pkg_resources' existing metadata query features.

It would be easier to comment on that suggestion if the PEP documented
the reasons why it was rejected. Sadly, that never got added to the
PEP at the time. Do you recall the reasons, and if so would you be
willing to update the PEP with them?

Paul.