-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tarek Ziadé wrote: > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:04 PM, P.J. Eby <p...@telecommunity.com> wrote: >>>> We already have this... it's called MANIFEST.in. >>>> >>> hum, ok let's deprecate what package_data provides then, (the ability >>> to define a list >>> of files without a MANIFEST.in template).... >> MANIFEST.in (under setuptools at least) is merely a way to specify >> *exceptions* to the defaults, for what goes in the sdist. > > I doubt this was the first goal of this templating system (dealing > with what setuptools was unable to deal with) > >> I don't understand why you're so anxious to deprecate something without >> first understanding what it's for. > > Because we have too many ways to handle this problem right now. It's a mess. > > (and I think this mess is partly because of your project - besides all > the good features it has of course) > >> If you want to put some sort of sdist_exceptions in setup.py to replace the >> *file*, that's one thing, but the *same functionality* of MANIFEST.in is >> still needed, or else setuptools would've deprecated it. > > We need to describe a list of file. that's for sure. But not with : > > a VCS Plugin, + a MANIFEST.in but just for the exceptions + a bit of > package_data etc..
- -1 to anything which breaks that pattern, which requires less effort and braaks less often than any "explicit" manifest. Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tsea...@palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJ2lNU+gerLs4ltQ4RAuw0AKDQTPVKfR9XP82UU2gvhuyBYB/FHwCcC1PX zdCne3q39TS2ufdUC3lhBMk= =+p3C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
