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 * list all the arguments that are passed to vairous commands through setup.py that should land into the new metadata description

This page describes the work done in order to change the Distutils Metadata.

PEP References :

  • PEP 241 Metadata 1.0 for Python Software Packages

  • PEP 314 Metadata 1.1 for Python Software Packages

  • PEP 345 Draft Metadata 1.2 for Python Software Packages

We are working on a new version for PEP 345.

what has been said:

  • deprecate Requires/Provides/OBsolete.
  • add install_requires
  • deprecate the MANIFEST.in template system in favor of a more powerfull pakage_data
  • list all the arguments that are passed to vairous commands through setup.py that should land into the new metadata description

Distutils/Metadata (last edited 2009-04-22 09:27:40 by 115)

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