[Python-Dev] Status of packaging in 3.3

[Tarek Ziadé]

On 6/22/12 7:05 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> ..
>
> - I reject setup.cfg, as I believe ini-style configuration files are
> not appropriate for a metadata format that needs to include file
> listings and code fragments
I don't understand what's the problem is with ini-style files, as they are
suitable for multi-line variables etc. (see zc.buildout)

yaml vs ini vs xxx seems to be an implementation detail, and my take on 
this
is that we have ConfigParser in the stdlib