Andreas Jung wrote:
I think an implementation of a better dependency resolution strategy in buildout would be a good place to start. I think some limited backtracking could go a long way. Anyone interested in working on this?
Why would that be a functionality of zc.buildout? I think this belongs into a lower layer like setuptools (or whatever is coming after it).
I agree. If you're proposing fixing it in buildout because getting changes made to setuptools and then getting a release of setuptools made is damned near impossible, then that's sad state of affairs for the whole python community :-( What progress was made at the language summit wrt to getting setuptools to a place where it's more than just Phil Eby who can actually do stuff to it? Chris