[Distutils] PEP 345 - 3 new fields

[Tarek Ziadé]

2009/12/1 Eric Smith <eric at trueblade.com>:
> Benji York wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> [snip a reiteration of the perceived benefits]
>>
>>> So I guess you are also against the addition of "Repository-URL" and
>>> "Bug-Tracker-URL" too ?
>>> Since those can be links in the long_description as well.
>>
>> I am.
>>
>> Don't get me wrong, I don't think these proposals will kill kittens or
>> anything, it's just that every addition has a cost.  I (apparently) see
>> that cost as being higher than others do, therefore I feel the small
>> benefit is swamped by the cost.
>
> I agree with Benji that adding new fields has a cost and should be avoided.
> Just because we can add structure doesn't mean we should.
>
> In the specific case of Repository-URL and Bug-Tracker-URL, the idea was
> that PyPI would change its behavior if these fields were present (by not
> using the rating system). So I'm okay with those. But for other fields, like
> Repository-Checkout and Change-Log-URL, I haven't seen a use case yet.

Ok so, if everyone agrees on those two, I am proposing to add for now :

- Repository-Browse-URL : url to a web-browseable repository (no
distinction whether its the trunk,
  a branch etc)
- Bug-Tracker-URL : url to the web tracker

and skip the others, as they seem controversial.

I'll post the proposal at Catalog-SIG as well,

Tarek