[Python-Dev] Marking packaging-related PEPs as Finished after fixing some bugs in them

[Tshepang Lekhonkhobe]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:40, Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> wrote:
>  In PEP 386, the rule that versions using an 'rc' marker should sort
> after 'c' is buggy: I don’t think anyone will disagree that 1.0rc1 ==
> 1.0c1 and 1.0rc1 < 1.0c2.  The 'rc' marker was added by Tarek shortly
> before the PEP was accepted (see
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-January/097041.html),
> and was not discussed.  My preferred solution would be to accept 'rc'
> when parsing but then always use 'c' internally and in all output (file
> names, METADATA file, etc.).  If it is judged important that projects be
> able to use 'rc' and see it in output, then I’ll have to add special
> cases in __eq__ and __hash__ methods, which is feasible if inelegant.

I also didn't like the fact that 'rc' > 'c'. The change you are
proposing will also make the code change far simpler.

Note that the code (the one in the main VCS), sort of assumed that
'rc'=='c', but is missing the assignment, and therefore broken.