On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:23:14 +0200, Ronald Oussoren
<ronaldousso...@mac.com>
wrote:

> We already have 'setup.cfg', what's wrong with that?  

Only that the metadata file needs to be 'transmitted' along-with/inside
the package. As such it isn't a config file as such.

My apologies for being pedantic, but setup.cfg has other information
that you want to keep on your machine.

> If another filename
> is needed: please pick one where the suffix is unique, that would make it
> easier to associate the file with specific programs (double-click to
open,
> spotlight/quicklook helpers on OSX, ...)

Exactly.

David
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