Karl Knechtel

In detail: originally, the [Postponed evaluation of annotations](https://peps.python.org/pep-0563/) feature (`__future__.annotations`) was planned for Python 3.10, and this planning was done in time for 3.7. However, [by the time Python 3.9...

I understand that `mintinstall` is separate software, but it's a wrapper that has invoked `flatpak` behind the scenes. This version of the software is what my not-EOL distro bundles and...

Please note that [Setuptools 77 adds support for the new standard](https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/history.html#v77-0-0).

First, a quick detail about how open source projects work and how GitHub works: > I have also tried with the solution provided in #103 without success: That is a...

@merwok I don't think TestPyPI even really solves the problem in #10, though. The problem with uploading a package in order to test whether you can download and install it...

I had a look through the .deb to see how distutils is actually used in the current code. As far as I can tell, it's only in a single file:...

@faerytea I see. It looks like the distutils version was used to provide the functionality of not erroring on (i.e. merging into) already-existing directories, and the patch was done after...

Shouldn't it be Setuptools' responsibility now to explain the easy_install configuration, not Pip's? (I think the current state of the documentation is the result of Pip and Setuptools' history of...

> @LostInDarkMath and I have created a PEP517-compatible fork of v1.0.3 Might I suggest turning this into a pull request? That way, @Zulko could integrate the changes on master, allowing...

Forgot to mention, it should also be possible to configure `pyproject.toml` to tell Setuptools what to put in the sdist, too (i.e., so that `MANIFEST.in` is no longer necessary. I...