On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:21:45 -0400, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > Oh for Guido's sake, can we please not use XML? I'd much prefer a > human-friendly format ;)
xml is a human friendly format providing that it stays 'simple'. The advantage of xml in this instance is that the purpose of the file is immediately obvious to newcomers ie "setup.py + setup.xml". Whereas other extensions are less clear. Choosing another extension and rolling your own format just adds another level of complexity for other people to deal with. Having said that, we already have a .EGG_INFO file with the metadata already in it (a funny twist of fate...) so having a "setup.EGG_INFO" or "setup.INFO" file would seem to me to be the shortest route to accomplishing what we have here... Still... I prefer setup.xml over setup.INFO.. but I could live with either... David _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
