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

Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis arfrever.fta at gmail.com
Mon Dec 28 02:28:09 CET 2009

2009-12-28 02:17:22 Ben Finney napisał(a):

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

> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Sridhar Ratnakumar > <sridharr at activestate.com> wrote: > > 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" This is totally counter to conventional comparisons, and is an excellent example of why the equivalence of ‘3’ to ‘>=3, <4’ is a bad idea._ _Instead, the default should be ‘==’. That is, ‘Requires-Python: 3’_ _should be equivalent to ‘Requires-Python: ==3’; and only “3” or “3.0” or_ _“3.0.0” etc. will match. I maintain that is what most people will expect_ _on seeing that syntax._ _If a less strict range is desired, the existing comparison operators_ _‘>’, ‘>=’, ‘<’, ‘<=’ are sufficient, more obvious, and more explicit. In_ _other words, to get the meaning you desire above, the existing operators_ _can be used: ‘Requires-Python: >=3, <4’.

IMHO 'Requires-Python: 3*' (or '3.*') would be better than 'Requires-Python: >=3, <4'.

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