>> Essentially, one would have to contribute patches to all the >> distributions (we care about, at least), and then nag the respective >> maintainers to include these patches. > > Not true. You just need to make sure that "setup.py install" creates > that database. With the proposed format of the database this is just > a file in the correct location - exactly for this reason. Next time > the distribution will build the package that database file will be in > place.
How so? Are you /sure/ the packaging process even *runs* setup.py? And if they do, why do you think they will pick up the database file? Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
