[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #1582: setuptools delenda est

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#1582: setuptools delenda est
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     Reporter:  davidsarah  |      Owner:  somebody
         Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major       |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  packaging   |    Version:  1.9.0b1
   Resolution:              |   Keywords:  setuptools
Launchpad Bug:              |
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Comment (by glyph):

 It would be very good for this ticket description to link to as many
 specific issues as possible in the setuptools, pip, and
 https://github.com/pypa/packaging-problems issue trackers, so that the
 problems can be run down in the place most obviously responsible for them.
 As it stands, most of this is accurate, but nebulous, griping about an old
 version of setuptools that Tahoe is stuck on, rather than an accurate
 framing of the state of the art.

 When this ticket was filed, the setuptools team was leaving a period of
 being insular, unresponsive, and basically user-hostile.  In the interim,
 setuptools has vastly accelerated its release cadence, increased its
 responsiveness to user bugs, and developed an ecosystem of tools and
 practices to obviate many of the issues discussed here.

 The situation is still pretty bad in some corners, but it's vastly better
 than it once was, and most importantly, it is at least now worthwhile to
 go through the effort of filing specific issues because they do, in fact,
 get addressed eventually.

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