[Distutils] Alternate static metadata PEP submission...

[David Lyon]

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:55:36 +0900, David Cournapeau

>> [datafiles]
>> files = artisticdb.dbf
>>     artisticdb.mdx
>>     authors.dbf
>>     authors.mdx
>> directory = db
> 
> How would you handle the case where you have several data directories ?

[datafiles]
directories = data/us_data
    data/de_data
    data/uk_data
    data/fr_data

or:

[datafiles]
directories = us_data
    de_data
    uk_data
    fr_data

> Concerning data files, the notion is too vague IMHO - I know that's the
> notion used by distutils

Vague as in what? Datafiles is an installation term term meaning that's
mostly related to databases, but could also be any other type of resource
down to icons and bitmaps.

David