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Query metadatdata from sdists / bdists / installed packages.

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pkginfo README

This package provides an API for querying the distutils metadata written in the PKG-INFO file inside a source distriubtion (an sdist), or into the EGG-INFO directory of an installed distribution.

Please see docs/index.rst for detailed documentation.

pkginfo Changelog

0.3 (2009-05-07)

  • Added support for introspection of “development eggs” (checkouts with PKG-INFO, perhaps created via setup.py develop).

  • Added a console script, pkginfo, which takes one or more paths on the command line and writes out the associated information. Thanks to runeh for the patch!

  • Added ‘get_metadata’ helper function, which dispatches a given path or module across the available distribution types, and returns a distribution object. Thanks to runeh for the patch!

  • Made distribution objects support iteration over the metadata fields. Thanks to runeh for the patch!

  • Made Distribution and subclasses new-style classes. Thanks to runeh for the patch!

0.2 (2009-04-14)

  • Added support for introspection of bdist_egg binary distributions.

0.1.1 (2009-04-10)

  • Fixed packaging errors.

0.1 (2009-04-10)

  • Initial release.

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