[Python-checkins] peps: bye sysconfig.get_paths

[daniel.holth]

http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/29c3c4ed67c6
changeset:   4553:29c3c4ed67c6
user:        Daniel Holth <dholth at fastmail.fm>
date:        Mon Oct 15 22:22:51 2012 -0400
summary:
  bye sysconfig.get_paths

files:
  pep-0427.txt |  18 +++++++++---------
  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)


diff --git a/pep-0427.txt b/pep-0427.txt
--- a/pep-0427.txt
+++ b/pep-0427.txt
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@
      there is data) ``distribution-1.0.data/``.
   b. Move each subtree of ``distribution-1.0.data/`` onto its
      destination path. Each subdirectory of ``distribution-1.0.data/``
-     is a key into ``sysconfig.get_paths()``, such as
-     ``distribution-1.0.data/(config|purelib|platlib|scripts)``.  See
-     http://docs.python.org/dev/packaging/setupcfg.html#resources.
+     is a key into a dict of destination directories, such as
+     ``distribution-1.0.data/(purelib|platlib|headers|scripts|data)``.
+     The initially supported paths are taken from
+     ``distutils.command.install``.
   c. If applicable, update scripts starting with ``#!python`` to point
      to the correct interpreter.
   d. Update ``distribution-1.0.dist.info/RECORD`` with the installed
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@
 #. If a .whl contains scripts, both purelib and platlib, or any other
    files that are not installed on ``sys.path``, they are found in
    ``{distribution}-{version}.data/{key}``, where ``{key}`` is an
-   index into ``sysconfig.get_paths()``.
+   index into a dictionary of install paths.
 #. Wheel, being an installation format that is intended to work across
    multiple versions of Python, does not generally include .pyc files.
 #. Wheel does not contain setup.py or setup.cfg.
@@ -209,11 +210,10 @@
 
     distribution-1.0.data/
 
-The .data directory contains subdirectories named after the keys of
-``sysconfig.get_paths()``, and those subdirectories contain the
-scripts, headers, documentation and so forth from the distribution.
-During installation the contents of these subdirectories are moved
-onto their destination paths.
+The .data directory contains subdirectories and those subdirectories
+contain the scripts, headers, documentation and so forth from the
+distribution.  During installation the contents of these subdirectories
+are moved onto their destination paths.
 
 
 Signed wheel files

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/peps