David Lyon wrote:
We must resist the option to nest (against unnecessary complexity).
ConfigParser does lists easily so you can store a list of files
extremely easily.
Cool, what's the format for lists?
It also does free form text (descriptions).
And for this?
For me, that only leaves the choice of a filename..
- setup.info
- setup.conf
- others..?
...is entirely up to the package developer. We can suggest whatever, but
since it'll be called from setup.py, we can't do anything other than
suggest a sensible default that will work with the tools that will
hopefully show up that only parse the static file...
Having a setup.py and a setup.info to me seems simple and
straightforward. It's easier to understand than having all
the metadata 'hardcoded' in a program (as "cute" as that is).
For some packages (see lxml for example) it's not cute but a necessity
to figure out how to build their extensions properly...
cheers,
Chris
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