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Date:      Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:04:50 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        python@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 268283] databases/py-sqlite3: switch away from distutils
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--- Comment #9 from Charlie Li <vishwin@freebsd.org> ---
setup.py has been deprecated since setuptools 58.3.0
(https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/fc5c3083908170e1cbfd1dec91f87a3e=
2707e3fa),
so if anyone is that anal about using setup.py (on Python 3), go ahead and =
add
a devel/py-setuptools58 to BUILD_DEPENDS. distutils will not get retroactiv=
ely
removed in future point releases of existing Python major releases, so that
method continues to work there. The alternative for this case is to constru=
ct
pyproject.toml, which, surprise, also works for every supported Python 3
production release!

Python 3.12 not even reaching release candidate or in our tree is very
relevant, not least *precisely* due to distutils removal amongst other item=
s.
distutils removal from the base distribution is not merely a technical chan=
ge,
but a structural change on how our corner of the Python packaging ecosystem
moves forward, and it starts here.

The valid reason to revert is the lack of explicit approval, periodt.

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