Paul Moore wrote: > 2009/7/7 Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au>: >> Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> In fact, the above strongly suggests to me that PEP 376 must NOT >>> follow setuptools conventions - otherwise, it will end up clashing >>> with the files setuptools is putting on my system. >> I think the argument for a separate ‘.pydist’ metadata directory, >> normative in PEP 376, is a good one. > > I've been convinced otherwise. There's no long-term benefit (the > directory layout and format is the same, so it's a purely cosmetic > change) and we're doing no favours to anyone just adding a new format > for the sake of it.
The PEP should take the chance to define not only the directory, but also the complete set of files in there and their format. A typical setuptools dir looks like this: dependency_links.txt namespace_packages.txt not-zip-safe PKG-INFO requires.txt SOURCES.txt top_level.txt Ie. a complete mess of upper-case/lower-case names, names with underscores or hyphens as word separator, files with extensions, files without them. This needs some serious cleanup. A new dir name will allow to do this, so +1 on a new dir name. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jul 07 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/ _______________________________________________ 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
