On 25 February 2013 15:10, Nick Coghlan <[email protected]> wrote: > entry-points.txt is pure backwards compatibility, though. The only > reason I didn't suggest reusing the setuptools name for the file is > because I want the __cache__ in the name to clearly identify the files > the installer derives from METADATA rather than the ones defined in > PEP 376 or installed as part of the distribution.
One thing I *would* like to suggest is that the cached versions of the data should be optional. My specific reason for this is that as things stand, many wheels are usable without installation, simply by putting them on sys.path. As wheels are a distribution format, they won't have the cached data, and I'd be unhappy if that fact broke the ability to use them as zips. Paul. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
