On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:23:58 +0000, Chris Withers
...would get everyone from the static metadata file, while any keyword parameters to setup would override the appropriate setting from the static metadata file...
Hi Chris, David, Fred, Floris, Tarek, PJE, ... Everybody has been so helpful and I feel that I've now run out of things to discuss. I would like to invite everybody to make some sort of contribution to this, and in return we'll just keep your name as authors of the various bits/files. What I am trying to accomplish is a shell based install system for .EGG/Python packages, along with metadata driven installation. TSo basically getting all the good ideas that *everybody* has had into a cohesive (and real) collection. I'm calling for volounteers/co-owners to: - contribute utilities (say, convert existing setup.py files) - specify/design/code test cases (different platforms etc) - write sphinx documentation (rst) - create examples - critique The url is: https://bitbucket.org/djlyon/original-setup.py-with-metadata/ If we can complete it and have a working system by December, which I believe we can, we can find a new name and have a democratic vote on what that might be. Thank you everybody David