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

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Mon Dec 28 05:37:06 CET 2009

On 12/27/2009 7:48 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

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

This was ambiguous because it was unclear, as MvL stated, if "2.5" was just "2.5.0" or included versions like "2.5.1" or "2.5.2". How about having "2.5" match all 2.5.x versions, and "2.5.0" match only 2.5 itself? (ditto for "2.5.N" matching only 2.5.N for N>= 1)

If the first x.y release were called x.y.0, (does not sys.version include 0?) then x.y would unambiguously mean the series.

This "~=" operator looks murkier than it needs to be IMO.

Agreed, though not likely to affect me too much.

Terry Jan Reedy

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