Another distutils question

[Fernando Pérez]

Martin von Loewis wrote:

> Fernando =?ISO-8859-1?Q?P=E9rez?= <fperez528 at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
>> For the distutils gurus out there: how can I specify a hierarchy of nested
>> directories to be copied somewhere?
> 
> For PyXML, we use an enhanced install_data command, that supports
> manifest-style file lists. You can find it in the PyXML CVS, under
> xml/setupext.
> 
> HTH,
> Martin

Thanks Martin. I actually have PyXML and did see the setupext/ stuff, I just 
didn't want to add yet another extraneous module to my package. I'm trying to 
stick to the standard tools when possible, and my case was simple enough that 
an ugly kludge allowed me to make it work (but *really* ugly).

I did like a lot the enhanced install though. It seems like the kind of 
functionality that's badly needed in distutils. Any chance of that making it 
into the standard for new releases?

cheers,

f