Re: [Distutils] command hooks...

2012-05-25 Thread Erik Bray
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Daniel Holth wrote: > This discussion is confusing because we are either talking about a > general plugin discovery mechanism for Python, or a plugin mechanism > that packaging itself uses. > > After the patch, entry_points.txt (which you are encouraged to write >

Re: [Distutils] command hooks...

2012-05-25 Thread Daniel Holth
This discussion is confusing because we are either talking about a general plugin discovery mechanism for Python, or a plugin mechanism that packaging itself uses. After the patch, entry_points.txt (which you are encouraged to write yourself) is copied by means of a new {dist-info} category using

Re: [Distutils] command hooks...

2012-05-25 Thread Erik Bray
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:27 PM, PJ Eby wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Daniel Holth wrote: >> >> > For something like Pyramid the main piece that's missing is support >> > for an entry_points like system.  As Tarek and other have pointed out >> > the past, such a system could still be