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[Python-Dev] Why was Misc/Makefile.pre.in removed?

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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

> > I'm wondering why Makefile.pre.in was removed from Python 2.2.
> 
> It was an error-prone mechanism that was impossible to maintain;
> distutils works much better.

More specifically, it was already broken when it was removed; nobody
volunteered to fix it.

Regards,
Martin

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