On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:25:38 -0500, Tres Seaver <tsea...@palladion.com>
wrote:
>>>> * configuration     etc
>>>> * shared data       usr/share/foo/
>>>> * readme            usr/share/foo/README        README, TODO, ...
could
>>>>                                                be automatically
>>>>                                                discovered
>>>> * examples          usr/share/foo/examples
>>>> * documentation     usr/share/foo/doc
>>>> * man files         usr/share/man
>>>> * variable          var/lib/foo
>>>> * ...
>>>>
> Static metadata, anyone?

That's like trying to get a prius into a bikeshed and
work on it.

There simply doesn't seem to be the management mechanisms 
available to handle outside-the-square topics like that in 
distutils presently.

Let's just wait for the current work to be done with 
distutils and after that see what transpires.

David










 


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