[Distutils] cleaning up packages

[Michael Muller]

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Greg Ward wrote:
[lots of stuff about file formats for meta-info and for general use deleted]

The patch that I submitted uses a format based on that of ConfigParser.  It
allows for the definition of arbitrary nested syntaxes for defining data.
The system currently supports the specification of data elements as simple
strings (no embedded newlines or whitespace), lists of simple strings (one
per line), lists of words (words being defined as "no embedded whitespace"),
and two more specialized types for describing dependencies.  Alternate
formats can be easily added.

I would have liked to have used indentation to define structure, but
ConfigParser replaces all indentation in continuation lines with a single
blank space.

The implementation necessary to parse this syntax is rather complex, but the
data formats themselves end up being extremely clean.  I have enclosed an
example: the package information file generated for Distutils.  Note that the
"deps" and "compats" fields are not in use at this time.

=============================================================================
michaelMuller = mmuller@enduden.com | http://www.cloud9.net/~proteus
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
There is no concept that is more demeaning to the human spirit than the
notion that our freedom must be limited in the interests of our own
protection.
=============================================================================

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