[Python-Dev] PEP 376 - Open questions

[Nick Coghlan]

Paul Moore wrote:
> - some cases are not simple, and it's not clear to me how useful
> "nearly always accurate" data will be

Since the accuracy can always be checked against the filesystem, I think
the metadata is useful even if not 100% reliable. Applications that need
the extra assurance (such as the distutils uninstaller itself) can check
the filesytem and complain when it differs from what it is claimed in
the package metadata.

One thing that did occur to me based on this - do we want the format to
support designation of files (such as config files) that *shouldn't* be
uninstalled along with everything else? Or are we happy with not
mentioning the file in RECORD at all as the means of supporting that use
case?

Cheers,
Nick.

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