David Lyon wrote:
On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:52:38 +0100, Chris Withers <chris@simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
Tarek Ziadé wrote:
Yes, as long as the metadata are in a python file, you're in trouble to automate anything like you are mentioning. But a static metadata system needs to provide a registery mechanism, so we can call some arbitrary code when some metadata are generated at installation time for instance. I don't follow this at all. Why is arbitrary code needed?
I think what he means is that he doesn't like the way it is at the moment and thinks that the version numbers and other metadata should sit in a config file somewhere.
Then the setup.py can be generated from the metadata..
No, that's not what Tarek said at all, perhaps he can comment on why a static metadata system needs to provide a registry mechanism so that arbitrary code can be called? cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk