[Python-Dev] cpython: Remove display options (--name, etc.) from the Distribution class.

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:22:14 +0200
eric.araujo <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:

> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/af0bcccb935b
> changeset:   72127:af0bcccb935b
> user:        Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org>
> date:        Tue Aug 30 00:55:02 2011 +0200
> summary:
>   Remove display options (--name, etc.) from the Distribution class.
> 
> These options were used to implement “setup.py --name”,
> “setup.py --version”, etc. which are now handled by the pysetup metadata
> action or direct parsing of the setup.cfg file.
> 
> As a side effect, the Distribution class no longer accepts a 'url' key
> in its *attrs* argument: it has to be 'home-page' to be recognized as a
> valid metadata field and passed down to the dist.metadata object.

I don't want to sound nitpicky, but it's the first time I see
"home-page" hyphenized. How about "homepage"?

Regards

Antoine.