2009/7/5 P.J. Eby <p...@telecommunity.com>: > At 03:13 PM 7/5/2009 +0200, Tarek Ziadé wrote: >> >> The loader would still work with "DIST_NAME.egg-info" directories for >> compatibility with >> existing format in the query APIs, but the Distutils install command >> would rather create "DIST_NAME.metadata" > > Note that this would then break setuptools without adding any benefit; > ".metadata" is less precise and less unique than '.egg-info'.
But if it's based on PEP 302 protocols and if the pkgutil code works with the sys.meta_path hook, setuptools could then provide its loader, based on its EggFormats and act as a provider without being broken. In that case, Distutils could provide a standard loader, with the change I mentioned. > If you want a > clearer name, '.pydist' or some such would at least be reasonably specific. > (It'd still have a backward compatibility problem, but at least then > there'd be some benefit to the name change.) I do find "DIST_NAME.metadata" well-named and specific. But I guess that's just bikeshedding :) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
