[Distutils] distlib and data files => resources ?

Václav Šmilauer eu at doxos.eu
Tue Nov 20 10:52:01 CET 2012


>
>     Can you think of any such *besides* documentation?  'Cause if
>     documentation is the only thing, then we should just call it
>     that.  ;-)
>
>
> :-) No, to be honest, I can't. But I'm not an expert - the Linux 
> distro people probably know a lot better than I do what types of files 
> give them trouble. But if documentation's the only case then yes, 
> definitely call it that.
Those come to my mind: data files needed by self-tests. Custom theming 
stylesheets. Default configuration files which you need to copy at the 
first start to user's config. Templates for reports your package is 
generating.

cheers, vaclav


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