opened 08:12PM - 27 Nov 18 UTC
Filing an issue for discussion on https://mail.python.org/archives/list/distutil…s-sig@python.org/thread/MDZ35APWKARAYH6I5K7K7SJM2NJ2I5P7/#KQGEPFD22X3KCYDVOPIBARKXFYZY4U2R
Relavant: @njsmith had an older proposal that covers much more ground and is more general with some additional complexity - https://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2015-October/027364.html