There is a part of the Python standard library calleddistutils, and some users directly use it. We want users to instead switch to the supported toolchain, which uses setuptools, and we want to move all the functionality from distutils into setuptools. This requires backend development work, technical writing, project management, and publicity work within Python's community.
There is a part of the Python standard library called
distutils, and some users directly use it. We want users to instead switch to the supported toolchain, which usessetuptools, and we want to move all the functionality fromdistutilsintosetuptools. This requires backend development work, technical writing, project management, and publicity work within Python's community.