[Python-Dev] Edits to Metadata 1.2 to add extras (optional dependencies)

[Daniel Holth]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Donald Stufft <donald.stufft at gmail.com> wrote:
> I personally think that at a minimum we should have X-Fields that
> get moved into the normal METADATA file, and personally I would
> prefer to just drop the X- prefix completely.

That is my preference as well. The standard library basically ignores
every metadata field or metadata file inside or outside of metadata
currently, so where is the harm changing the official document to read
"you may add new metadata fields to metadata" with an updated standard
library that only ignores some of the metadata in metadata instead of
all of it. The community is small enough to handle it.