Re: [Python-ideas] Add a __cite__ method for scientific packages

2018-06-29 Thread Andrei Kucharavy
ement the cite() script as well as a show-case package using __citation__ - talk to major package maintainers to see if they have any objections to the method or suggestions with regards to pep/implementation - talk to the distutils-sig list to see if we could add the __citation__ metadata to setup.py

Re: [Python-ideas] Add a __cite__ method for scientific packages

2018-06-28 Thread Andrei Kucharavy
m and would normally cite them in their master publication. That's definitely an idea to look at but I don't see a straightforward of implementing this so far. I think this is a fine idea, but could be achieved by convention, like > __version__, rather than by fiat. > And it’s cer

[Python-ideas] Add a __cite__ method for scientific packages

2018-06-27 Thread Andrei Kucharavy
import and setup mechanisms? What do other users and scientific package developers think of such a mechanism for citations retrieval? Best, *Andrei Kucharavy*Post-Doc @ *Joel S. Bader* * Lab*Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. ___ Python-ideas mailing