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[Python-Dev] a new setuptools release?

P.J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Wed Oct 7 23:01:12 CEST 2009 
At 08:23 PM 10/7/2009 +0000, Vinay Sajip wrote:
>P.J. Eby writes:
>
> > * Distribute 0.6.x is a stable maintenance branch, much like setuptools 0.6
>
>I'm new to this particular discussion so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong,
>but ISTM that Distribute 0.6.x differs markedly from setuptools 0.6 
>in that the
>former has an active maintainer and the latter does not, or am I wrong about
>that?

That depends on how you define "active".  I haven't resigned, nor do 
I plan to.  There's simply a long mean time between releases at the 
moment, and some people feel that it's too long.  That's certainly 
their prerogative, but it doesn't mean I have to agree with such 
characterizations.
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