[FR] Prefer distlib for script generation (develop only)
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Description
What's the problem this feature will solve?
There are issues with the script executable wrappers on Windows:
And maybe others.
Describe the solution you'd like
Setuptools should rely on distlib, the same library used by pip for generating wrapper scripts, to generate its wrapper scripts when develop is invoked.
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Research direction
Start at the develop entry point that generates script executable wrappers and inspect how setuptools currently handles them on Windows. Compare that path with distlib's wrapper-generation behavior and verify that develop uses distlib for the requested wrappers without changing other installation modes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100