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

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Mon Dec 28 02:21:07 CET 2009

Tarek Ziadé wrote:

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Sridhar Ratnakumar <sridharr at activestate.com> wrote: [..]

Tarek,

I am a bit confused at the current proposal combined with the newly introduced range operator. Would "Requires-Python: <=2.5" include 2.5.4 or not? <=2.5 means any version that is inferior or equal to 2.5.0 so 2.5.4 doesn't match Also, "Requires-Python: 3" would include all 3.X versions, correct? Correct, because, "Requires-Python: 3" is equivalent to "Requires-Python: ~= 3" which is equivalent to "Requires-Python: 3.x.x" To me it's non-intuitive that "<=2.5" means <=2.5.0 but "2.5" means 2.5.x; it's not consistent, explicit is better than implicit, etc.

I'd prefer it if omission means "don't care", so "2" means 2.x.y and "2.5" means 2.5.x.

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