*** dist.py	Wed Dec  4 15:41:53 2002
--- dist.py-new	Wed Dec  4 15:41:32 2002
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*** 93,98 ****
--- 93,100 ----
           "print the long package description"),
          ('platforms', None,
           "print the list of platforms"),
+         ('classifiers', None,
+          "print the list of classifiers"),
          ('keywords', None,
           "print the list of keywords"),
          ]
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*** 634,639 ****
--- 636,643 ----
                  value = getattr(self.metadata, "get_"+opt)()
                  if opt in ['keywords', 'platforms']:
                      print string.join(value, ',')
+                 elif opt == 'classifiers':
+                     print string.join(value, '\n')
                  else:
                      print value
                  any_display_options = 1
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*** 962,968 ****
                           "maintainer", "maintainer_email", "url",
                           "license", "description", "long_description",
                           "keywords", "platforms", "fullname", "contact",
!                          "contact_email", "licence")
  
      def __init__ (self):
          self.name = None
--- 966,972 ----
                           "maintainer", "maintainer_email", "url",
                           "license", "description", "long_description",
                           "keywords", "platforms", "fullname", "contact",
!                          "contact_email", "licence", "classifiers")
  
      def __init__ (self):
          self.name = None
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*** 977,982 ****
--- 981,987 ----
          self.long_description = None
          self.keywords = None
          self.platforms = None
+         self.classifiers = None
  
      def write_pkg_info (self, base_dir):
          """Write the PKG-INFO file into the release tree.
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*** 1003,1008 ****
--- 1008,1016 ----
          for platform in self.get_platforms():
              pkg_info.write('Platform: %s\n' % platform )
  
+         for classifier in self.get_classifiers():
+             pkg_info.write('Classifier: %s\n' % classifier )
+ 
          pkg_info.close()
  
      # write_pkg_info ()
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*** 1059,1064 ****
--- 1067,1075 ----
      def get_platforms(self):
          return self.platforms or ["UNKNOWN"]
  
+     def get_classifiers(self):
+         return self.classifiers or []
+ 
  # class DistributionMetadata