[ANN] pkgdata (was: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Re: [pygame] python + pygame on OSX)

[Bob Ippolito]

To end this thread, I went ahead and implemented it.  I have also 
modified pygame accordingly to support this mechanism.

http://undefined.org/python/pkgdata-0.1.tgz

"""
pkgdata is a simple, extensible way for a package to acquire data file 
resources.

The implementation is lightweight, and is intended to be included 
*inside*
your Python packages.
"""

It's based on PyProtocols (but the implementation doesn't require it 
unless you want to override the default mechanism).  Basically, it's 
useful for py2exe and OS X bundlebuilder type situations.  It's a 
simple and flexible alternative to 
os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "myresource").  The source is 
simple, and has lots of examples.  Read if you're interested.

If you would like to see additional examples of its use, checked out 
pygame CVS:
	pygame/lib/pkgdata.py (this is the pkgdata "client")
	pygame/lib/macosx.py (usage from python)
	pygame/src/font.c (usage from C)
	pygame/src/display.c (more usage from C)
	pygame/examples/macosx/aliens_app_example/ (this has the pkgdata "host 
adapter" for bundlebuilder type situations)

-bob