bpo-33388: Add variables to distutils/dist.py support PEP 566 metadata #6642
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These variables are used in setuptools to support PEP 566 'Description-Content-Type' and 'Provides-Extra': https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0566/ http://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#metadata Currently dist.py in CPython will warn if they are set, e.g.: `dist.py:261: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'long_description_content_type'` The warnings seem spurious, but looked a bit scary to me as a new user. By declaring these variables, the warnings are no longer displayed. long_description_content_type, at least, is being used in the wild since: pypa/sampleproject@5be0970
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@rbricheno, please address the questions on the bug tracker. Thank you! |
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I'm going to close this PR as inactive. The bug tracker discussion might need to be updated with the current status of packaging and whether this issue is still relevant. |
These variables are used in setuptools to support PEP 566 'Description-Content-Type' and 'Provides-Extra':
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0566/
http://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#metadata
Currently dist.py in CPython will warn if they are set, e.g.:
dist.py:261: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'long_description_content_type'The warnings seem spurious, but looked a bit scary to me as a new user. By declaring these variables, the warnings are no longer displayed. long_description_content_type, at least, is being used in the wild since:
pypa/sampleproject@5be0970
https://bugs.python.org/issue33388