Using distutils 2.4 for python 2.3

[Noam Raphael]

Hello,

I want to distribute a package. It's compatible with Python 2.3.
Is there a way to use distutils 2.4 feature package_data, while
maintaining the distribution compatible with python 2.3 ?

Thanks,
Noam Raphael

 

[George Sakkis]

Hello,

I want to distribute a package. It's compatible with Python 2.3.
Is there a way to use distutils 2.4 feature package_data, while
maintaining the distribution compatible with python 2.3 ?

Thanks,
Noam Raphael

You could distribute the whole 2.4 distutils package in yours so that setup.py finds it before the
default one. If distutils 2.4 is compatible with 2.3, that should work.

George

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

I want to distribute a package. It's compatible with Python 2.3.
Is there a way to use distutils 2.4 feature package_data, while
maintaining the distribution compatible with python 2.3 ?

you can enable new metadata fields in older versions by assigning to
the DistributionMetadata structure:

try:
from distutils.dist import DistributionMetadata
DistributionMetadata.package_data = None
except:
pass

setup(
...
package_data=...
)

</F>

 

[Noam Raphael]

you can enable new metadata fields in older versions by assigning to
the DistributionMetadata structure:

try:
from distutils.dist import DistributionMetadata
DistributionMetadata.package_data = None
except:
pass

setup(
...
package_data=...
)

</F>

I tried this, but it made python2.4 behave like python2.3, and not
install the package_data files.

Did I do something wrong?

 

[John J. Lee]

I tried this, but it made python2.4 behave like python2.3, and not
install the package_data files.

Did I do something wrong?

I'm *guessing* should have been something like (untested):

from distutils.dist import DistributionMetadata
try:
DistributionMetadata.classifiers
except AttributeError:
DistributionMetadata.classifiers = None

setup(
...
classifiers=...
)


John