[Distutils] RPMs should include Python version in filename

[M.-A. Lemburg]

s-thapa-11@alumni.uchicago.edu wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 01:06:48AM +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> > The reason is simple: the Python API has changed between
> > versions and also the path used by the files inside the
> > packages use the major.minor version number.
> >
> > The same problem most probably also occurrs for bdist_dumb
> > archives and most other binary distribution formats.
> >
> 
>   With rpm and probably other package formats like deb, you can
> have a requires that indicates the version of python needed
> for installation.  E.g. if you place Requires: BeOpen-Python = 2.0
> in the spec file, the resulting rpm won't install on systems
> without python 2.0 user intervention.  Similarly a BuildRequires
> tag allows for specifying dependencies in the build process although
> I don't think it is very applicable to bdist.

Thanks for the infos. My main certain about the filename is
different though: I want people to download the correct version
for their system and also need to provide separate files for
different Python versions.

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