[Distutils] Keywords field in metadata: space separated or comma separated?

2019-11-18 Thread Thomas Kluyver
Hi all, The metadata specification shows the keyword field as a space separated list: https://packaging.python.org/specifications/core-metadata/#keywords PEP 566 backs that up, saying that the transformation to JSON should split that field on whitespace:

[Distutils] Re: proposing Python package index upload API spec (potential PEP)

2019-11-18 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
I don't have time to work on this and hope someone else can pick it up - https://github.com/pypa/packaging-problems/issues/128 is a good issue to use to keep track. -- Distutils-SIG mailing list -- distutils-sig@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to distutils-sig-le...@python.org

[Distutils] Re: Keywords field in metadata: space separated or comma separated?

2019-11-18 Thread Paul G
I can envision a world where we migrate to space-separated everywhere, but I think that would involve a decade of consumers supporting both until everyone updates to a version of setuptools that emits spaces and I'm not sure it's worth it. Was anyone on the list involved with the decision to

[Distutils] Re: Keywords field in metadata: space separated or comma separated?

2019-11-18 Thread Fred Drake
On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:24 PM Paul G wrote: > Was anyone on the list involved with the decision to use spaces in the spec? > Is there some compelling reason we're missing to make the switch? distutils was originally conceived and written by Greg Ward at CNRI, back when Guido led a group