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diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst index d65c59f..69ec0de 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst @@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ setup script). Indirectly provides the :class:`distutils.dist.Distribution` and .. function:: setup(arguments) The basic do-everything function that does most everything you could ever ask - for from a Distutils method. - - .. See XXXXX + for from a Distutils method. See XXXXX The setup function takes a large number of arguments. These are laid out in the following table. @@ -149,11 +147,11 @@ setup script). Indirectly provides the :class:`distutils.dist.Distribution` and In addition, the :mod:`distutils.core` module exposed a number of classes that live elsewhere. -* :class:`~distutils.extension.Extension` from :mod:`distutils.extension` +* :class:`Extension` from :mod:`distutils.extension` -* :class:`~distutils.cmd.Command` from :mod:`distutils.cmd` +* :class:`Command` from :mod:`distutils.cmd` -* :class:`~distutils.dist.Distribution` from :mod:`distutils.dist` +* :class:`Distribution` from :mod:`distutils.dist` A short description of each of these follows, but see the relevant module for the full reference. @@ -997,7 +995,7 @@ directories. errors are ignored (apart from being reported to ``sys.stdout`` if *verbose* is true). -.. XXX Some of this could be replaced with the shutil module? +**\*\*** Some of this could be replaced with the shutil module? **\*\*** :mod:`distutils.file_util` --- Single file operations @@ -1313,7 +1311,8 @@ provides the following additional features: the "negative alias" of :option:`--verbose`, then :option:`--quiet` on the command line sets *verbose* to false. -.. XXX Should be replaced with :mod:`optparse`. +**\*\*** Should be replaced with :mod:`optik` (which is also now known as +:mod:`optparse` in Python 2.3 and later). **\*\*** .. function:: fancy_getopt(options, negative_opt, object, args) @@ -1681,8 +1680,8 @@ lines, and joining lines with backslashes. =================================================================== .. module:: distutils.cmd - :synopsis: This module provides the abstract base class Command. This class - is subclassed by the modules in the distutils.command subpackage. + :synopsis: This module provides the abstract base class Command. This class is subclassed + by the modules in the distutils.command subpackage. This module supplies the abstract base class :class:`Command`. @@ -1692,84 +1691,20 @@ This module supplies the abstract base class :class:`Command`. Abstract base class for defining command classes, the "worker bees" of the Distutils. A useful analogy for command classes is to think of them as - subroutines with local variables called *options*. The options are declared - in :meth:`initialize_options` and defined (given their final values) in - :meth:`finalize_options`, both of which must be defined by every command - class. The distinction between the two is necessary because option values - might come from the outside world (command line, config file, ...), and any - options dependent on other options must be computed after these outside - influences have been processed --- hence :meth:`finalize_options`. The body - of the subroutine, where it does all its work based on the values of its - options, is the :meth:`run` method, which must also be implemented by every - command class. - - The class constructor takes a single argument *dist*, a :class:`Distribution` + subroutines with local variables called *options*. The options are declared in + :meth:`initialize_options` and defined (given their final values) in + :meth:`finalize_options`, both of which must be defined by every command class. + The distinction between the two is necessary because option values might come + from the outside world (command line, config file, ...), and any options + dependent on other options must be computed after these outside influences have + been processed --- hence :meth:`finalize_options`. The body of the subroutine, + where it does all its work based on the values of its options, is the + :meth:`run` method, which must also be implemented by every command class. + + The class constructor takes a single argument *dist*, a :class:`Distribution` instance. -Creating a new Distutils command -================================ - -This section outlines the steps to create a new Distutils command. - -A new command lives in a module in the :mod:`distutils.command` package. There -is a sample template in that directory called :file:`command_template`. Copy -this file to a new module with the same name as the new command you're -implementing. This module should implement a class with the same name as the -module (and the command). So, for instance, to create the command -``peel_banana`` (so that users can run ``setup.py peel_banana``), you'd copy -:file:`command_template` to :file:`distutils/command/peel_banana.py`, then edit -it so that it's implementing the class :class:`peel_banana`, a subclass of -:class:`distutils.cmd.Command`. - -Subclasses of :class:`Command` must define the following methods. - -.. method:: Command.initialize_options() - - Set default values for all the options that this command supports. Note that - these defaults may be overridden by other commands, by the setup script, by - config files, or by the command-line. Thus, this is not the place to code - dependencies between options; generally, :meth:`initialize_options` - implementations are just a bunch of ``self.foo = None`` assignments. - - -.. method:: Command.finalize_options() - - Set final values for all the options that this command supports. This is - always called as late as possible, ie. after any option assignments from the - command-line or from other commands have been done. Thus, this is the place - to to code option dependencies: if *foo* depends on *bar*, then it is safe to - set *foo* from *bar* as long as *foo* still has the same value it was - assigned in :meth:`initialize_options`. - - -.. method:: Command.run() - - A command's raison d'etre: carry out the action it exists to perform, - controlled by the options initialized in :meth:`initialize_options`, - customized by other commands, the setup script, the command-line, and config - files, and finalized in :meth:`finalize_options`. All terminal output and - filesystem interaction should be done by :meth:`run`. - - -.. attribute:: Command.sub_commands - - *sub_commands* formalizes the notion of a "family" of commands, - e.g. ``install`` as the parent with sub-commands ``install_lib``, - ``install_headers``, etc. The parent of a family of commands defines - *sub_commands* as a class attribute; it's a list of 2-tuples ``(command_name, - predicate)``, with *command_name* a string and *predicate* a function, a - string or ``None``. *predicate* is a method of the parent command that - determines whether the corresponding command is applicable in the current - situation. (E.g. we ``install_headers`` is only applicable if we have any C - header files to install.) If *predicate* is ``None``, that command is always - applicable. - - *sub_commands* is usually defined at the *end* of a class, because - predicates can be methods of the class, so they must already have been - defined. The canonical example is the :command:`install` command. - - :mod:`distutils.command` --- Individual Distutils commands ========================================================== @@ -2008,3 +1943,76 @@ The ``register`` command registers the package with the Python Package Index. This is described in more detail in :pep:`301`. .. % todo + +:mod:`distutils.command.check` --- Check the meta-data of a package +=================================================================== + +.. module:: distutils.command.check + :synopsis: Check the metadata of a package + + +The ``check`` command performs some tests on the meta-data of a package. +For example, it verifies that all required meta-data are provided as +the arguments passed to the :func:`setup` function. + +.. % todo + + +Creating a new Distutils command +================================ + +This section outlines the steps to create a new Distutils command. + +A new command lives in a module in the :mod:`distutils.command` package. There +is a sample template in that directory called :file:`command_template`. Copy +this file to a new module with the same name as the new command you're +implementing. This module should implement a class with the same name as the +module (and the command). So, for instance, to create the command +``peel_banana`` (so that users can run ``setup.py peel_banana``), you'd copy +:file:`command_template` to :file:`distutils/command/peel_banana.py`, then edit +it so that it's implementing the class :class:`peel_banana`, a subclass of +:class:`distutils.cmd.Command`. + +Subclasses of :class:`Command` must define the following methods. + + +.. method:: Command.initialize_options() + + Set default values for all the options that this command supports. Note that + these defaults may be overridden by other commands, by the setup script, by + config files, or by the command-line. Thus, this is not the place to code + dependencies between options; generally, :meth:`initialize_options` + implementations are just a bunch of ``self.foo = None`` assignments. + + +.. method:: Command.finalize_options() + + Set final values for all the options that this command supports. This is + always called as late as possible, ie. after any option assignments from the + command-line or from other commands have been done. Thus, this is the place + to to code option dependencies: if *foo* depends on *bar*, then it is safe to + set *foo* from *bar* as long as *foo* still has the same value it was + assigned in :meth:`initialize_options`. + + +.. method:: Command.run() + + A command's raison d'etre: carry out the action it exists to perform, controlled + by the options initialized in :meth:`initialize_options`, customized by other + commands, the setup script, the command-line, and config files, and finalized in + :meth:`finalize_options`. All terminal output and filesystem interaction should + be done by :meth:`run`. + +*sub_commands* formalizes the notion of a "family" of commands, eg. ``install`` +as the parent with sub-commands ``install_lib``, ``install_headers``, etc. The +parent of a family of commands defines *sub_commands* as a class attribute; it's +a list of 2-tuples ``(command_name, predicate)``, with *command_name* a string +and *predicate* a function, a string or None. *predicate* is a method of +the parent command that determines whether the corresponding command is +applicable in the current situation. (Eg. we ``install_headers`` is only +applicable if we have any C header files to install.) If *predicate* is None, +that command is always applicable. + +*sub_commands* is usually defined at the \*end\* of a class, because predicates +can be methods of the class, so they must already have been defined. The +canonical example is the :command:`install` command. |