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RFE: drop bundled `distlib`

See original GitHub issue

Looks like pip and virtualenv ar eonly two remaining modules which are still somehow connected with distlib. pip seems is only bundlig distlib.

[tkloczko@barrel SPECS]$ rpm -ql python-pip| grep distlib
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/compat.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/compat.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/compat.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/database.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/database.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/database.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/index.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/index.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/index.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/locators.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/locators.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/locators.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/manifest.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/manifest.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/manifest.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/markers.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/markers.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/markers.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/metadata.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/metadata.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/metadata.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/resources.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/resources.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/resources.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/scripts.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/scripts.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/scripts.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/util.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/util.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/util.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/version.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/version.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/version.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/wheel.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/wheel.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/__pycache__/wheel.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/misc.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/misc.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/misc.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/shutil.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/shutil.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/shutil.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/sysconfig.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/sysconfig.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/sysconfig.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/tarfile.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/tarfile.cpython-38.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/__pycache__/tarfile.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/misc.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/shutil.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/sysconfig.cfg
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/sysconfig.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/tarfile.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/compat.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/database.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/index.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/locators.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/manifest.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/markers.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/metadata.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/resources.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/scripts.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/t32.exe
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/t64.exe
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/util.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/version.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/w32.exe
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/w64.exe
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/distlib/wheel.py

I was not able to find anything else which still may be using distlib. Going as well to create similar ticket for virtualenv.

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:14 (11 by maintainers)

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pradyunsgcommented, Sep 2, 2021

None the less, @kloczek’s reasoning for filing this issue:

Simple I see that this module badly maintained.

This isn’t based on facts, and isn’t a good reason to drop distlib.

Given their history of making weird requests to Python projects (asking many poetry/flit-based projects to add a setup.py, among other things) – they’ve filed 100s issues on across many projects – I’m inclined to suggest that folks don’t spend extended periods of time or energy on this issue.

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pradyunsgcommented, Sep 2, 2021

FWIW, an alternative for generating script wrappers exists in installer now.

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