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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"PEP 632: Remove the distutils package (Python 3.12)","articleBody":"The distutils module was deprecated in Python 3.10 and is scheduled for removal in Python 3.12.\r\n\r\nRight now, Python still uses distutils for different purpose:\r\n\r\n* Build C extensions which can not be built by Makefile yet. Python 3.11 can build way more C extensions with Makefile than Python 3.10.\r\n* peg_generator uses distutils to build C extensions.\r\n* test_cppext uses distutils to check that the Python C API can be used in C++.\r\n* ``Tools/c-analyzer/`` uses distutils to get a C preprocessor.\r\n\r\nUntil Python can be built and used without distutils, I propose to first rename the ``distutils`` package to ``_distutils``: rename th ``Lib/distutils/`` directory to ``Lib/_distutils/``.\r\n\r\nRight now, test_venv fails without distutils, because pip fails on importing the distutils module in ``pip/_internal/locations/_distutils.py``: https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/cb24fb4052ca8ab8009866b0de61980c81a7e13c/src/pip/_internal/locations/_distutils.py#L9-L12\r\n\r\nI created the PR #92585 which renames distutils to _distutils.\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-99061 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-99061\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-99062 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-99062\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-104744 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-104744\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108018 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108018\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108020 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108020\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108024 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108024\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108026 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108026\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108030 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108030\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108031 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108031\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108039 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108039\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108040 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108040\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108043 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108043\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108044 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108044\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108047 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108047\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108057 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108057\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108058 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108058\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108059 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108059\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108060 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108060\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108061 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108061\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108062 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108062\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108063 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108063\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-108333 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-108333\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-110213 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-110213\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-pr-number: gh-110214 --\u003e\n* PR: gh-110214\n\u003c!-- /gh-pr-number --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/vstinner","@type":"Person","name":"vstinner"},"datePublished":"2022-05-09T22:42:26.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":44},"url":"https://github.com/92584/cpython/issues/92584"}