Updated NEWS with the latest changes, updated version number to 0.15rc1 in anticipation of the upcoming release, cleaned up documentation, and rewrote setup.py with some changes from PLWM.

whitelynx · whitelynx · commit b559d8363bf9 · 2009-11-14T17:40:11.000Z
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include MANIFEST.in
 include README COPYING NEWS TODO
 
-global-include .cvsignore 
+global-include .cvsignore
 
 recursive-include doc Makefile
 include doc/src/*.texi
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 -*-outline-*-
 
-		      NEWS for Python X Library
+                      NEWS for Python X Library
 
-* Version 0.15 ???
+* Version 0.15rc1 - 14 Nov 2009
+
+Improved support for newer versions of Mac OS X, a couple of new
+extensions, and several bugfixes.
 
 ** Composite extension
 
@@ -14,7 +17,6 @@ together with the DAMAGE and XFIXES extensions.  Typically you would
 also need RENDER or glX or some similar method of creating fancy
 graphics.
 
-
 ** XF86 special function keysyms
 
 Keysym definitions for special function keys found on modern
@@ -26,9 +28,14 @@ importing Xlib.XK:
 
 Xlib.XK.load_keysym_group('xf86')
 
+** RANDR extension
+
+The RANDR extension complements XINERAMA as a way of getting data about the
+physical screens making up a virtual screen in X. An example of usage can
+be found in examples/xrandr.py.
 
 
-* Version 0.14 1 Oct 2007 (trialed as 0.14rc1 on 10 Jun 2007)
+* Version 0.14 - 1 Oct 2007 (trialed as 0.14rc1 on 10 Jun 2007)
 
 A couple of new extensions, a Python 2.5 fix and a couple of aliases
 (Display.get_atom() now uses the internal cache and added
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ Bugfix to correct handling of XAuthority file parsing under Python 2.5
 causing failed authentication.
 
 
-* Version 0.13  6 Aug 2006 (trialed as 0.13pre1 on 22 Jul 2006)
+* Version 0.13 - 6 Aug 2006 (trialed as 0.13pre1 on 22 Jul 2006)
 
 A small release to incorporate a number of minor corrections and bug
 fixes, including small changes to keysym handling, .Xauthority parsing,
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ WithdrawnState to WMHints.  petli completed documentation for Display
 objects.
 
 
-* Version 0.12  29 Mar 2002
+* Version 0.12 - 29 Mar 2002
 
 ** SHAPE extension
 
@@ -79,10 +86,10 @@ http://ftp.x.org/pub/R6.6/xc/doc/hardcopy/Xext/shape.PS.gz
 
 In Python 2.2 FCNTL.FD_CLOEXEC has disappeared and FCNTL on the whole
 is deprecated, so that had to be dealt with to make the Xlib work with
-that version.  
+that version.
 
 
-* Version 0.11  23 Feb 2002
+* Version 0.11 - 23 Feb 2002
 
 ** Regression tests for the protocol definition
 
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@ Additionally, a subtle bug in the core engine which could cause a
 "can't happen"-error has also been found and fixed.
 
 
-* Version 0.10  16 Dec 2001
+* Version 0.10 - 16 Dec 2001
 
 ** Event bugfix
 
@@ -120,7 +127,7 @@ that will work on some combinations of image and drawable depth.  It's
 not perfect, but it's a start.
 
 
-* Version 0.9  4 Dec 2001
+* Version 0.9 - 4 Dec 2001
 
 ** Documentation improved
 
@@ -158,7 +165,7 @@ included a comma.
 
 
 
-* Version 0.8  12 Jan 2001
+* Version 0.8 - 12 Jan 2001
 
 ** Uses distutils
 
@@ -167,10 +174,10 @@ building easier.
 
 ** Tested with Python 2.0
 
-A few incompatibilities with Python 2.0 has been fixed. 
+A few incompatibilities with Python 2.0 has been fixed.
 
-		      		      
-* Version 0.7  8 Jan 2001
+
+* Version 0.7 - 8 Jan 2001
 
 ** Fixed the 64-bit platform fix.
 
@@ -190,7 +197,7 @@ class in Xlib/protocol/rq.py.
 
 
 
-* Version 0.6  29 Dec 2000
+* Version 0.6 - 29 Dec 2000
 
 ** Fix to make python-xlib work on 64-bytes architectures.
 
@@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ this is 32 bits as expected.  On Alpha, it's 64 bits.  python-xlib now
 probes how large each type code is to avoid this problem.
 
 
-* Version 0.5  28 Dec 2000
+* Version 0.5 - 28 Dec 2000
 
 ** Functions implemented to get and set all ICCCM WM properties on
 Window objects.
@@ -216,7 +223,7 @@ be fed into utils/parsexbug.py, which will output all requests,
 responses, errors and events in a readable format.
 
 
-* Version 0.4  4 Oct 2000
+* Version 0.4 - 4 Oct 2000
 
 ** Thread support completed, but not really stresstested yet.
 
@@ -227,5 +234,3 @@ together with generic Unix code and some simple VMS code.
 
 ** The usual bunch of bugfixes.
 
-
-
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-			 The Python X Library
+                         The Python X Library
 
 *** Copyright
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ details.
 *** Requirements
 
 The Python X Library requires Python 1.5.2 or newer.  It has been
-tested to various extents with Pythons 1.5.2, 2.0 - 2.5.
+tested to various extents with Python 1.5.2 and 2.0 through 2.6.
 
 
 *** Installation
@@ -74,11 +74,12 @@ The low-level protocol is complete, implementing client-side X11R6.
 The high-level object oriented interface is also fully functional.
 It is possible to write client applications with the library.
 Currently, the only real application using Python Xlib is the window
-manager PLWM, starting with version 2.0.  
+manager PLWM, starting with version 2.0.
 
 There is a resource database implementation, ICCCM support and a
-framework for adding X extension code.  Currently only the XTEST
-extension has been implemented.
+framework for adding X extension code.  Several extensions have been
+implemented; (RECORD, SHAPE, Xinerama, Composite, RANDR, and XTEST)
+patches for additions are very welcome.
 
 There are most likely still bugs, but the library is at least stable
 enough to run PLWM.  A continously bigger part of the library is
@@ -106,3 +107,4 @@ from that page as tar.gz-releases and from the CVS tree.
 There isn't any real web page yet, only a derivative of this file.  It
 is located at http://python-xlib.sourceforge.net/.  It now also
 features the documentation for downloading or browsing.
+
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 * Faster, faster!  The protocol engine isn't very fast, despite the
   optimizations in version 0.7.  I've started on this, but it is a big
-  job. 
+  job.
 
 * The tread support and the protocol engine needs to be stress
   tested.  They _seem_ to work, but that's no guarantee.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   testing the protocol definitions.
 
 * Porting: the library should be runnable wherever there is a Python
-  interpreter (with the necessary IPC support, that is.)  
+  interpreter (with the necessary IPC support, that is.)
 
 * Widget set: a Python-optimized widget set using the X library would
   be really cute.  The AnyGUI project could be a good front-end to
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@
   could be usable for writing X proxies, or for that matter, a
   complete X server in Python (this might be a little too spaced-out,
   though...)
+
diff --git a/Xlib/__init__.py b/Xlib/__init__.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 #    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 #    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
-__version__ = (0, 14)
+__version__ = (0, 15)
 
-__version_extra__ = ''
+__version_extra__ = 'rc1'
 
 __version_string__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version__)) + __version_extra__
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
 # Distutils script for python-xlib
 
 from distutils.core import setup
+import sys
+
+if sys.version < '2.3.3':
+    from distutils.dist import DistributionMetadata
+    DistributionMetadata.download_url = None
 
 import Xlib
 
-setup(name = 'python-xlib',
-      version = Xlib.__version_string__,
+setup(name='python-xlib',
+        version=Xlib.__version_string__,
+
+        description='Python X Library',
+        download_url='http://sourceforge.net/projects/python-xlib/files/',
+        url='http://python-xlib.sourceforge.net/',
+        license='GPL',
 
-      description = "Python X Library",
-      url = 'http://python-xlib.sourceforge.net/',
+        author='Peter Liljenberg',
+        author_email='petli@ctrl-c.liu.se',
 
-      author = 'Peter Liljenberg',
-      author_email = 'petli@ctrl-c.liu.se',
+        packages=[
+            'Xlib',
+            'Xlib.ext',
+            'Xlib.keysymdef',
+            'Xlib.protocol',
+            'Xlib.support',
+            'Xlib.xobject'
+            ],
+        )
 
-      packages = [
-          'Xlib',
-          'Xlib.ext',
-          'Xlib.keysymdef',
-          'Xlib.protocol',
-          'Xlib.support',
-          'Xlib.xobject'
-          ],
-      )
