[issue7457] Adding a read_pkg_file to DistributionMetadata

Changes by Jason R. Coombs : -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list U

[issue7457] Adding a read_pkg_file to DistributionMetadata

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset e19441e540ca by Jason R. Coombs in branch '3.3': Issue 19544 and Issue #7457: Restore the read_pkg_file method to distutils.dist.DistributionMetadata accidentally removed in the undo of distutils2. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e19441e540ca New

[issue7457] Adding a read_pkg_file to DistributionMetadata

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[issue7457] Adding a read_pkg_file to DistributionMetadata

Jason R. Coombs added the comment: As suggested, I created issue19544 to track the larger effort. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-

[issue7457] Adding a read_pkg_file to DistributionMetadata

Ned Deily added the comment: There have been a number of issues that have come up over the past few years due to Python 3.2+'s distutils being a subset of Python 2.7's as a result of the revert (29a3eda89995). Since circumstances have changed since the decision was made to do the revert and d

[issue7457] Adding a read_pkg_file to DistributionMetadata

Jason R. Coombs added the comment: I see now, the code was removed in 29a3eda89995. But the associated comment indicates distutils is feature-frozen and that subsequent work should be done in distutils2, which of course is now a defunct effort. Given that information, what's the proper soluti

[issue7457] Adding a read_pkg_file to DistributionMetadata

Jason R. Coombs added the comment: On second thought, the hyperlink for r76706 resolves to d9b4f6ea3e39, which is in the default branch since 2009, so apparently the code was present, so I'll continue to trace why it went away. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue7457] Adding a read_pkg_file to DistributionMetadata

Jason R. Coombs added the comment: I recently discovered this method is missing from Python 3. I started porting a project which depends on it (a tool that uploads an already-packaged package to a cheeseshop), but found the method missing on Python 3. According to the changelog, this commit la

[issue7457] Adding a read_pkg_file to DistributionMetadata

Tarek Ziadé added the comment: done in r76702 + r76704 (2.7) and r76706 (3.2) -- status: open -> closed versions: -Python 3.1 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue7457] Adding a read_pkg_file to DistributionMetadata

New submission from Tarek Ziadé : This API will allow readong back static PKG-INFO files. -- assignee: tarek components: Distutils messages: 96113 nosy: tarek priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Adding a read_pkg_file to DistributionMetadata versions: Python 2.7, Python