[Python-Dev] Proposing PEP 345 : Metadata for Python Software Packages 1.2 (original) (raw)

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Mon Dec 28 02:10:27 CET 2009

Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek at gmail.com> writes:

FYI we have introduced a range operator, so one may define a range of versions. This is useful for instance to write:

Requires-Python: ~=2.5 Which means: requires any version of Python 2.5.x.

-1 on that syntax. It's an extra operator, with a non-obvious meaning; the meaning should be as clear as feasible even to those who have not read the specification. The existing operators ‘>’, ‘>=’, ‘<’ ‘<=’ are standard and more obvious.

That is, the existing operators:

Requires-Python: >=2.5, <2.6

explicitly specify the range in your example.

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