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

Add to metadata 1.3: Description-File: README(\..+)? Meaning the description should be read from a file in the same directory as PKG-INFO or METADATA (including in the .dist-info directories) and we strongly recommend it be named as README.* and be utf-8 encoded text. Description: is the only multi-line field in the metadata. It is almost never needed at runtime. It would be great for performance and simplify the parser to just put it in another file. Mutually exclusive with Description. May beg for a Summary: tag with a one-line description.