[Distutils] Attempted summary of version number thread

[John Skaller]

>Perhaps an "API version number" belongs in the package meta-data, along
>with the multitude of variables that John Skaller considers part of the
>"version" (again, I think John is talking about something much bigger
>than "version numbers", and I think what he's talking about can be
>considered package meta-data).

        Yes: but isn't the point here that version numbers 
are 'just another piece of meta-data'?
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