Hm why would we still release `pantsbuild pants testutil` as

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Hm why would we still release `pantsbuild pants testutil` as a separate distribution to PyPI from `pantsbuild pants` I think we can simplify

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

I presumed it s for `pantsbuild pants` to be as small as possible for non plugin users but shaving 23kb off of a ~7mb macOS or 55mb linux dist is irrelevant

enough-analyst-54434 · Answer

Who is this actively confusing or making life more complex for

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

We might want to make that change but it doesn t seem urgent to make it now

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

The context is <https github com pantsbuild pants pull 13512> It simplifies this ```pants requirement pants requirement dist= pantsbuild pants testutil ``` To ```pants requirements ``` But it got me thinking what s the benefit of two dists in the first place

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

gt We might want to make that change but it doesn t seem urgent to make it now Agreed on not being very urgent

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

and it might end up causing us to bundle future test time requirements into core pants like a mocking library or something like that in the future

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

Ah good point So we would probably want to have a ` test ` extra if we were to consolidate And at that point it s just a different typing from what we have before So status quo does seem to have some reason to still be that way Thanks