[Python-Dev] PEP 396, Module Version Numbers (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Tue Apr 12 21:32:32 CEST 2011

On Apr 07, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Michael Foord wrote:

So I don't think recommending "pkgutil.getdistribution('elle').metadata['version']" as a way for packages to provide version information is good advice.

I want to make it clear that this section of the PEP is intended only to provide some choices and examples, not to be definitive. I've added this text:

This could be done in any number of ways, a few of which are outlined
below.  These are included for illustrative purposes only and are not
intended to be definitive, complete, or all-encompassing.  Other
approaches are possible, and some included below may have limitations
that prevent their use in some situations.

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