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setuptools was never part of Python's standard library. I think you're thinking of distutils which was removed from Python in the 3.12 release. You can easily a
by Flimm 2y ago
setuptools was never part of Python's standard library. I think you're thinking of distutils which was removed from Python in the 3.12 release. You can easily access distutils again by installing a package from PyPI.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 2y agoYou are right, it was distutils. Good call out. Not sure why I thought of setuptools.
- JamesonNetworks 2y agoThis comment thread is a microcosm of the problems with python packaging :D I appreciate the work the ecosystem does on it and everyone is doing their best, but its still a hard problem that doesn't feel solved
- feznyng 2y agoCheck out uv if you haven’t.