On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Daniel Holth <dho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My desire is to invent the useful "wheel" binary package format in a > reasonable and limited amount of time by making changes to Metadata 1.2 and > implementing the new metadata format and wheel in distribute and pip. Help > me out by allowing useless but un-changed fields to remain in this version > of the PEP. I am done with the PEP and submit that it is not worse than its > predecessor. > Agreed. PJE's arguments sound reasonable (especially since Obsoletes doesn't get used much in RPM-land either - Provides & Conflicts are both far more common), but they're orthogonal to the current aims of the metadata 1.3 update. If another author wanted to create a subsequent 1.4 update that was focused on replacing Obsoletes with Obsoleted-By, that would be fine (alternatively, a patch to the current PEP draft may be acceptable, but accepting such a change would be up to Daniel as the PEP author). > > I can participate in a discussion about any of the following: > Summary of Differences From PEP 345<http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0345> > > - Metadata-Version is now 1.3. > - Values are now expected to be UTF-8. > - A payload (containing the description) may appear after the headers. > - Added extra to environment markers. > - Most fields are now optional. > - Changed fields: > - Description > - Project-URL > - Requires-Dist > - Added fields: > - Extension > - Provides-Extra > - Setup-Requires-Dist > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ncoghlan%40gmail.com > > -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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