[Distutils] Requirent specifiers specified? :)

[Jim Fulton]

On Jun 21, 2006, at 6:21 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote:

> At 05:36 PM 6/21/2006 -0400, Jim Fulton wrote:
>> In ascending version order, what is the ordering of:
>>
>>   <1.2, >1.2, ==1.2, <=1.2, >=1.2, and !=1.2
>>
>> ?
>
> It's actually unspecified, because it makes no sense to have more  
> than one condition for the same version.  What could the assortment  
> of values you just listed possibly *mean*?

I don't know.  If it's illegal, then say so.  The software` certainly  
accepts it
now.  I think it would be helpful to call this out in your  
specification.  I also think
it might be good to expand the explanation a bit, perhaps with some
examples.

Jim

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