[Distutils] [PATCH] Write distribution meta-data an XML file

[Amos Latteier]

You make some good points about the DTD. Ultimately I don't
care what the DTD looks like. The only use case I am
considering is that of the catalog parsing a meta-data file
to get information about a distribution. The requirements
for this are that distutils provide a standard way to read
and write meta-data to a file, that all distribtions include
this meta-data file, and that it is safe to read an
untrusted meta-data file. Do you have other use cases that
we should consider?

To repeat, though, I think the only important decision is
whether or not to change the distutils meta-data schema.
>From your suggested list of DTDs I gather that you are
considering changing the meta-data schema. That's fine, but
if we decide to do that I'd like to know why.

BTW, can you summarize what was decided at the conference?

Thank!

-Amos