[Distutils] why do we still put version numbers into dist-info folders

[Alex Grönholm]

+1 for getting rid of version numbers in the dist-info folders.


RonnyPfannschmidt kirjoitti 01.09.2017 klo 20:32:
> Hi everyone,
>
> a while now i have wondered - why put version numbers into the dist info
> folders
> not only makes it lookup more expensive (need to search for a
> distribution->folder map)
> its also not serving a purpose, as the rest of the package is
> unversioned at the root of site-packages.
>
> in addition all those versions in folder names, that serve no purpose,
> and create duplication/conflicts now creep into other peps as well,
>
> please lets take a note at setuptools - for editable installs it wont
> put a version in to the egg info folder
>
> and imho thats the correct way to deal with data thats not actually
> versioned at that level where its being stored.
>
>
> -- Ronny
>
> _______________________________________________
> Distutils-SIG maillist  -  Distutils-SIG at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig