Tarek Ziadé wrote: > Hello > > As suggested here, then discussed at Distutils-SIG, I would like to > propose the addition of two more fields for the > upcoming Metadata 1.2 (PEP 345) that could be used at PyPI on projects pages. > > "Repository-Browse-URL" > A string containing the URL for the package's browsable > repository. It can be any url of the repository > (trunk, branch, tags) as long as it can be browsed from a web browser. > > Example: > http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk > > "Bug-Tracker-URL" > A string containing the URL for the package's bug tracker. > > Example: > http://bugs.python.org/ > > > Other fields were proposed, but were controversial. You can follow the > latest discussions at distutils-sig about them, > > If these fields are added, PyPI could display those links and offer a > standard way for end users to interact with the projects > maintainers, besides the "comment/rating" feature.
While more structured meta-data is generally better than less, I wonder why we have to add URLs for all these things. The home page of a project will usually provide the URLs in some form already and if there is no home page, the long description can be used. A valid argument for the duplication would be to provide the user with faster and more standardized access to those resources. OTOH, they don't really mean anything for computerized consumption. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Dec 02 2009) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig
