[Python-Dev] PEP 376 and PEP 302 - allowing import hooks to provide distribution metadata

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Paul Moore wrote:
> 2009/7/7 Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au>:
>> Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> In fact, the above strongly suggests to me that PEP 376 must NOT
>>> follow setuptools conventions - otherwise, it will end up clashing
>>> with the files setuptools is putting on my system.
>> I think the argument for a separate ‘.pydist’ metadata directory,
>> normative in PEP 376, is a good one.
> 
> I've been convinced otherwise. There's no long-term benefit (the
> directory layout and format is the same, so it's a purely cosmetic
> change) and we're doing no favours to anyone just adding a new format
> for the sake of it.

The PEP should take the chance to define not only the
directory, but also the complete set of files in there and
their format.

A typical setuptools dir looks like this:

dependency_links.txt
namespace_packages.txt
not-zip-safe
PKG-INFO
requires.txt
SOURCES.txt
top_level.txt

Ie. a complete mess of upper-case/lower-case names, names with
underscores or hyphens as word separator, files with extensions,
files without them.

This needs some serious cleanup.

A new dir name will allow to do this, so +1 on a new dir name.

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