Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib/distutils/tests test_dist.py, 1.1, 1.2
fdrake@users.sourceforge.net writes:
PEP 314 implementation (client side):
I'm not sure where I should post this, but shouldn't there be a way to specify the encoding of the metadata? There are people (not me, fortunately), with umlauts in their names, for example. Thomas
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:08:57 +0100, Thomas Heller <theller@python.net> wrote:
fdrake@users.sourceforge.net writes:
PEP 314 implementation (client side):
I'm not sure where I should post this, but shouldn't there be a way to specify the encoding of the metadata? There are people (not me, fortunately), with umlauts in their names, for example.
UTF-8 as the default would accommodate most uses, but it does seem essential to have some way of specifying an encoding. Jeremy
On Monday 21 March 2005 10:08, Thomas Heller wrote:
I'm not sure where I should post this, but shouldn't there be a way to specify the encoding of the metadata? There are people (not me, fortunately), with umlauts in their names, for example.
Agreed. I think there are a number of additional metadata fields which would be valuable, but which don't exist. Given that PEP 314 is close to being completely implemented, that's probably not the place to add them. I think a new PEP should be written to describe the new fields, and call that Metadata-Version 1.2. Some sort of Metadata-Encoding field should be included. There should also be a field for the version of Python that's required. -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org>
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