[Distutils] Install time prefixes and data files
David Lyon
david.lyon at preisshare.net
Fri Nov 13 23:39:32 CET 2009
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:25:38 -0500, Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com>
wrote:
>>>> * configuration etc
>>>> * shared data usr/share/foo/
>>>> * readme usr/share/foo/README README, TODO, ...
could
>>>> be automatically
>>>> discovered
>>>> * examples usr/share/foo/examples
>>>> * documentation usr/share/foo/doc
>>>> * man files usr/share/man
>>>> * variable var/lib/foo
>>>> * ...
>>>>
> Static metadata, anyone?
That's like trying to get a prius into a bikeshed and
work on it.
There simply doesn't seem to be the management mechanisms
available to handle outside-the-square topics like that in
distutils presently.
Let's just wait for the current work to be done with
distutils and after that see what transpires.
David
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