[Distutils] Install time prefixes and data files

[Wolodja Wentland]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 16:24 +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote:

> The installation prefixes could for example be saved within a suitable
> file in .egg-info/ which would mandate changes to PEP 376. I could think
> of a PREFIX file and the following  methods/attribute for e.g. the
> Distribution class

I guess the pkgutil module is a much better place for these functions.
(Sorry, am not that familiar with all the PEPs yet)

> * get_data_file(type, name) -> get data file of given type and name (see

This could for example be easily implemented once
Distribution.get_installed_files(local=False) is done, if the
type of the files are noted somewhere.

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