pkginfo 0.3

Query metadatdata from sdists / bdists / installed packages.

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.