[Distutils] Trove classifiers for MicroPython?

[Tres Seaver]

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On 10/20/2016 05:43 AM, Radomir Dopieralski wrote:

> I'm not sure this is the right place to write to propose new trove
> classifiers for PyPi -- if it's not, what would be the right place? If
> this is it, then please read below.

This is definitely the correct location:  the former 'catalog-sig' list
is retired.

> The MicroPython project is quickly growing and becoming more mature,
> and as that happens, the number of 3rd-party libraries for it grows.
> Many of those libraries get uploaded to PyPi, as you can check by
> searching for "micropython". MicroPython has even its own version of
> "pip", called "upip", that can be used to install those libraries.
> 
> However, there is as of yet no way to mark that a library is written
> for that particular flavor of Python, as there are no trove
> classifiers for it. I would like to propose adding a number of
> classifiers to amend that situation:
> 
> For the MicroPython itself:
> 
> Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: MicroPython

+1 for this one.

> For the hardware it runs on:
> 
> Operating System :: Baremetal Environment :: Microcontroller 
> Environment :: Microcontroller :: PyBoard Environment ::
> Microcontroller :: ESP8266 Environment :: Microcontroller ::
> Micro:bit Environment :: Microcontroller :: WiPy Environment ::
> Microcontroller :: LoPy Environment :: Microcontroller :: OpenMV
> 
> I'm not sure if the latter makes sense, but it would certainly be nice
> to be able to indicate in a machine-parseable way on which platforms
> the code works.

Are there actual binary wheels being uploaded which compiled for specific
boards?  Or is it that the packages depend at runtime on board-specific
features?


Tres.
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