On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:07:21 am Eric Smith wrote: > But I think we've veered into metadata that describes what has been > installed. I don't think that's so useful. As I've said, this is > private to the installers. If 2 installers want to communicate with > each other about what they've installed, then they can agree on that > data. I just don't find it generally useful for all installers, and > therefore not useful for distutils.
But doesn't this metadata give any two installers a common language to use to communicate, instead of having every pair of installers create their own private communication method? Personally, I like to be able to look at a package and say "What did that install?" Or contrary-wise, look at a file and say "What package installed that?" There are few things worse than discovering a bunch of mysterious executable files on your system that you don't remember installing, and then spending a few paranoid hours trying to determine whether you've stumbled across a root kit or virus or whether they have a legitimate reason to be there. -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ 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
