[Python-Dev] Edits to Metadata 1.2 to add extras (optional dependencies)

[Nick Coghlan]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Daniel Holth <dholth at gmail.com> wrote:
> That is my preference as well. The standard library basically ignores
> every metadata field or metadata file inside or outside of metadata
> currently, so where is the harm changing the official document to read
> "you may add new metadata fields to metadata" with an updated standard
> library that only ignores some of the metadata in metadata instead of
> all of it. The community is small enough to handle it.

I will campaign ardently against any such proposal. Any extension
field must be clearly traceable to an authority that gets to define
what it means to avoid a repeat of the setuptools debacle.

Namespaces are a honkin' great idea, let's do more of those :P

Cheers,
Nick.

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