[Distutils] Re: Write distribution meta-data an XML file

[Carey Evans]

Paul Prescod <paulp@ActiveState.com> writes:

[...]

> Your model might be better for proprietary extensions TO the metadata
> format.
> 
> <package>
>  <author>..</author>
>  <version>...</version>
>  <extra-metadata name=".." value=".."/>
> </package>

Wouldn't this sort of thing be done better by letting proprietary
extensions use their own namespaces?  For example,

<package xmlns="http://www.python.org/.../distutils-core"
   xmlns:vbc="http://www.example.com/xml/distutils-vbc">
 <name>parrot</name>
 <version>0.9n</version>
 <vbc:installer path="\\Server\Python\Packages\parrot-0.9n.exe"/>
</package>

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