[Python-Dev] bdist_linux

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> Maybe I don't understand what is meant by metadata, but I don't
> understand why we can't provide the same metadata as autotools

Likewise, *this* I do not understand. In what way does autotools
*provide* metadata? I can understand that it *uses* certain metadata,
but it doesn't *provide* them...

> So that making a
> FHS compliant package would be as simple as
> 
> python setup.py distutils --datadir=bla --htmldir=foo ....

What's the meaning of the distutils command?

Regards,
Martin