Remove mention of 2.2 plans

Add Download-URL
Remove mention of separating lines in author field
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Andrew M. Kuchling 2003-05-07 14:50:49 +00:00
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@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ Including Metadata in Packages
The PKG-INFO file format is a single set of RFC-822 headers The PKG-INFO file format is a single set of RFC-822 headers
parseable by the rfc822.py module. The field names listed in the parseable by the rfc822.py module. The field names listed in the
following section are used as the header names. There's no following section are used as the header names. There's no
extension mechanism in this simple format; the Catalog and Distutils extension mechanism in this simple format.
SIGs will aim at getting a more flexible format ready for Python 2.2.
Fields Fields
@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ Fields
Example: Example:
Platform: POSIX, Windows Platform: POSIX, Windows
Summary Summary
A one-line summary of what the package does. A one-line summary of what the package does.
@ -138,17 +137,21 @@ Fields
Home-page: http://www.example.com/~cschultz/bvote/ Home-page: http://www.example.com/~cschultz/bvote/
Download-URL
A string containing the URL from which this version of the package
can be downloaded. (This means that the URL can't be something like
".../package-latest.tgz", but instead must be "../package-0.45.tgz".)
Author (optional) Author (optional)
A string containing at a minimum the author's name. Contact A string containing the author's name at a minimum; additional
information can also be added, separating each line with contact information may be provided.
newlines.
Example: Example:
Author: C. Schultz Author: C. Schultz, Universal Features Syndicate,
Universal Features Syndicate Los Angeles, CA <cschultz@peanuts.example.com>
Los Angeles, CA
Author-email Author-email