Commit 7de72ad8 authored by Petri Lehtinen's avatar Petri Lehtinen

Issue #16403: Document how distutils uses the maintainer field in PKG-INFO

parents e2c11473 905b6487
...@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ setup script). Indirectly provides the :class:`distutils.dist.Distribution` and ...@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ setup script). Indirectly provides the :class:`distutils.dist.Distribution` and
+--------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| *maintainer* | The name of the current | a string | | *maintainer* | The name of the current | a string |
| | maintainer, if different from | | | | maintainer, if different from | |
| | the author | | | | the author. Note that if | |
| | the maintainer is provided, | |
| | distutils will use it as the | |
| | author in :file:`PKG-INFO` | |
+--------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| *maintainer_email* | The email address of the | a string | | *maintainer_email* | The email address of the | a string |
| | current maintainer, if | | | | current maintainer, if | |
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...@@ -601,7 +601,8 @@ Notes: ...@@ -601,7 +601,8 @@ Notes:
It is recommended that versions take the form *major.minor[.patch[.sub]]*. It is recommended that versions take the form *major.minor[.patch[.sub]]*.
(3) (3)
Either the author or the maintainer must be identified. Either the author or the maintainer must be identified. If maintainer is
provided, distutils lists it as the author in :file:`PKG-INFO`.
(4) (4)
These fields should not be used if your package is to be compatible with Python These fields should not be used if your package is to be compatible with Python
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...@@ -756,6 +756,9 @@ Tools/Demos ...@@ -756,6 +756,9 @@ Tools/Demos
Documentation Documentation
------------- -------------
- Issue #16403: Document how distutils uses the maintainer field in
PKG-INFO. Patch by Jyrki Pulliainen.
- Issue #16695: Document how glob handles filenames starting with a - Issue #16695: Document how glob handles filenames starting with a
dot. Initial patch by Jyrki Pulliainen. dot. Initial patch by Jyrki Pulliainen.
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